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culpa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • culpability noun The degree to which someone is to blame for a wrongdoing or crime.
  • fault noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
  • guilt noun The fact of having done something wrong; responsibility for an offense.

Senses

culpa is used for these senses in English:

  • culpability The degree of one's blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offence.
  • fault A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.
  • guilt Responsibility for wrongdoing.

fault — full definition

  1. noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
  2. noun A flaw, weakness, or shortcoming in a person, object, or system.
  3. noun (geology) A fracture in rock along which the two sides have shifted relative to each other.
  4. verb To find something wrong with, or blame, someone or something.

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