Word Meanings - CULPABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

F. coupable, formerly also coupable, formerly also coulpable, 1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal. State Trials . If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken

Additional info about word: CULPABLE

F. coupable, formerly also coupable, formerly also coulpable, 1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal. State Trials . If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his measures. Sharp. 2. Guilty; as, clpable of a crime. Spenser. -- Cul"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Cul"pa*bly, adv.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CULPABLE)

• Criminal
• Illegal
• felonious
• vicious
• culpable
• wrong
• iniquitous
• sinful
• immoral
• guilty
• nefarious
• flagitious
• Reprehensible
• Blamable
• blame
• censurable
• reproachable
• reprovable
• objectionable

Related words: (words related to CULPABLE)

• FELONIOUS
  Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commit a crime; as, felonious homicide. O thievish Night, Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, In
• WRONGOUS
  Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig. (more info) 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful.
• CENSURABLE
  Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct. -- Cen"sur*a*bleness, n. -- Cen"sur*a*bly, adv.
• WRONG
  1. To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure. He that sinneth . . . wrongeth his own soul. Prov. viii. 36. 2. To impute evil to unjustly;
• ILLEGAL
  Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love. Bp. Burnet.
• BLAME
  LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. to speak ill to slander, to blaspheme, fr. evil speaking, perh, for ; injury + a saying, fr. to 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves.
• WRONGLESS
  Not wrong; void or free from wrong. -- Wrong"less*ly, adv. Sir P. Sidney.
• BLAMER
  One who blames. Wyclif.
• SINFUL
  Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. Piers Plowman. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. Isa. i. 4. -- Sin"ful*ly, adv. -- Sin"ful*ness, n.
• CRIMINALITY
  The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutes a crime; guiltiness; guilt. This is by no means the only criterion of criminality. Blackstone.
• CRIMINAL
  1. Guilty of crime or sin. The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. Rogers. 2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness. Foppish and fantastic
• ILLEGALNESS
  Illegality, unlawfulness.
• IMMORALLY
  In an immoral manner; wickedly.
• ILLEGALITY
  The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.
• WRONGDOING
  Evil or wicked behavior or action.
• BLAMABLE
  Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy. -- Blam"a*ble*ness, n. -- Blam"a*bly (, adv.
• ILLEGALIZE
  To make or declare illegal or unlawful.
• NEFARIOUS
  Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile. Syn. -- Iniquitous; detestable; horrible; heinious; atrocious; infamous; impious. See Iniquitous. -- Ne*fa"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Ne*fa"ri*ous*ness, n.
• IMMORALITY
  1. The state or quality of being immoral; vice. The root of all immorality. Sir W. Temple. 2. An immoral act or practice. Luxury and sloth and then a great drove of heresies and immoralities broke loose among them. Milton.
• WRONGFUL
  Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing. -- Wrong"ful*ly, adv. -- Wrong"ful*ness, n.
• CONVICIOUS
  Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting. "Convicious words." Queen Elizabeth .
• INFELONIOUS
  Not felonious, malignant, or criminal. G. Eliot.
• IRREPROVABLE
  Incapable of being justly reproved; irreproachable; blameless; upright. -- Ir`re*prov"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ir`re*prov"a*bly, adv.
• DISBLAME
  To clear from blame. Chaucer.
• EXCULPABLE
  . Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation. Sir G. Buck.