Culpability and Fault

Culpability

Culpability noun - Responsibility for wrongdoing or failure.
Usage example: cannot find culpability where there is neither knowledge that a crime has been committed nor evidence of intent to commit a crime
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Synonyms for Culpability

Fault is a synonym for culpability in guilt topic. In some cases you can use "Fault" instead a noun "Culpability", when it comes to topics like deed, start, blame, delinquency. popular alternative

Nearby Words: culpable, culpably

Fault

Fault noun - Responsibility for wrongdoing or failure.
Usage example: getting the time of the performance wrong was entirely my fault

Culpability is a synonym for fault in responsibility topic. You can use "Culpability" instead a noun "Fault", if it concerns topics such as deed, start, blame, delinquency. popular alternative

How words are described

perceived perceived culpability perceived fault
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Fault and Culpability. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/culpability/fault
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