culpability

[ kuhl-puh-bil-i-tee ]

/ ˌkʌl pəˈbɪl ɪ ti /

guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.

Sometimes cul·pa·ble·ness.

Origin of culpability

culpabl(e) + -ity

non·cul·pa·bil·i·ty, noun

Who best dealt with their culpability and crimes during the war?

Out of the Ruins of the Second World War |Lucas Wittmann |October 27, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In the Bulger saga, culpability within the criminal-justice system spreads far and wide.

Whitey Bulger’s Defense to Reveal Widespread FBI Complicity |T.J. English |July 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
It is the burglar who bears the culpability for walking through an unlocked door, not the homeowner.

How Social Scientists, and the Rest of Us, Got Seduced By a Good Story |Megan McArdle |April 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Beyond the issue of job loss, the larger problem of culpability looms.

Google, Audi, Toyota, and the Brave New World of Driverless Cars |Abby Haglage |January 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The person who engages in the risky business bears the burden of culpability.

Google, Audi, Toyota, and the Brave New World of Driverless Cars |Abby Haglage |January 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
If he could not understand his culpability, neither could he apprehend fully and vividly the meaning of his sentence.

The Loyalist |James Francis Barrett
The New England conscience dies hard, and while it lives it is given to drawing sharp lines on all the boundaries of culpability.

The Grafters |Francis Lynde
It was owing to such teaching that the Israelites formed a true judgment of Ahab's culpability.

The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings |F. W. Farrar
The mere fact that they were employed is sufficient to settle the question of culpability.

The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 |John Charles Dent
Was he not to have the benefit of whatever threw a doubt on his own culpability?

The Woman in the Alcove |Anna Katharine Green