Antonyms for culpable
ˈkʌl pə bəlcul·pa·ble

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1. culpable

   Every criminal act is illegal or unlawful, but illegal or unlawful acts may not be criminal. Offenses against public law are criminal; offenses against private rights are merely illegal or unlawful. As a general rule, all acts punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, are criminal in view of the law. It is illegal for a man to trespass on another's land, but it is not criminal; the trespasser is liable to a civil suit for damages, but not to indictment, fine, or imprisonment. A felonious act is a criminal act of an aggravated kind, which is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary or by death. A flagitious crime is one that brings public odium. Vicious refers to the indulgence of evil appetites, habits, or passions; vicious acts are not necessarily criminal, or even illegal; we speak of a vicious horse. That which is iniquitous, i. e., contrary to equity, may sometimes be done under the forms of law. Ingratitude is sinful, hypocrisy is wicked, but neither is punishable by human law; hence, neither is criminal or illegal. Compare SIN.

   Antonyms:
   innocent, just, lawful, legal, meritorious, moral, right, virtuous

   Synonyms:
   abominable, criminal, felonious, flagitious, guilty, illegal, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, unlawful, vicious, vile, wicked, wrong

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1. culpable

   Antonyms:
   blameless, innocent, excusable, laudable, praisworthy

   Synonyms:
   blamable, blameworthy, censurable, guilty

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1. blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpableadjective

   deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious

   "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence"

   Antonyms:
   innocent, guiltless, clean-handed

   Synonyms:
   blamable, censurable, blameful, blameable, blameworthy

How to use culpable in a sentence?

1. Nancy Pelosi:

   If he has information that is exculpatory, that means ex, taking away, culpable, blame, then we look forward to seeing it.

2. Kelly Phelps:

   Strictly speaking, because murder wasn't a separate charge but was tied in with the culpable homicide charge, it's not considered technically ... as reconsidering a case where there has been a complete acquittal.

3. Neama Rahmani:

   What you want as a criminal defense attorney, especially when you're representing a defendant who is arguably less culpable, and Bryan was arguably less culpable, is to sever him or her from the other defendants, because it's arguably prejudicial to be tried with Travis McMichael, who pulled the trigger, or Gregory, who said, ‘I’m going to blow your f------ head off,'.

4. Neama Rahmani:

   They're going to file their appeals, criminal defendants always do, but it was a pretty clean case in my book, what you want as a criminal defense attorney, especially when you're representing a defendant who is arguably less culpable, and Bryan was arguably less culpable, is to sever him or her from the other defendants, because it's arguably prejudicial to be tried with Travis McMichael, who pulled the trigger, or Gregory, who said, ‘I’m going to blow your f------ head off,'.

5. Christopher Callahan:

   Before our work we had a pretty good idea of the economic effect of global warming. The problem is, that is not sufficient to provide an understanding of how culpable individual actors are.

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