Culpability and Responsibility

Culpability

Culpability noun - Responsibility for wrongdoing or failure.
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Synonyms for Culpability

Responsibility is a synonym for culpability in blame topic. In some cases you can use "Responsibility" instead a noun "Culpability", when it comes to topics like fault, criminality, guilt.

Nearby Words: culpable, culpably

Responsibility

Responsibility noun - The state of being held as the cause of something that needs to be set right.

Culpability is a synonym for responsibility in blame topic. You can use "Culpability" instead a noun "Responsibility", if it concerns topics such as fault, criminality, accountability.

Nearby Words: responsible, responsibly

How words are described

moral moral culpability moral responsibility
sole sole culpability sole responsibility
overall overall culpability overall responsibility
alleged alleged culpability alleged responsibility
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