Culpable | a. [ OE. culpable, coulpable, coupable, F. coupable, formerly also coupable, formerly also coulpable, culpable, fr. L. culpabilis, fr. culpare to blame, fr. culpa fault. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal. State Trials (1413). [ 1913 Webster ] If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his measures. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. [ Obs. ] Spenser. -- Cul"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Cul"pa*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ] |