Cul·pa·ble a.
  1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.
     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, culpable of a crime. [Obs.]
  -- Cul*pa*ble*ness, n. -- Cul*pa*bly, adv.
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  culpableness
       n : a state of guilt [syn: blameworthiness, culpability]