1. responsibility for a fault or wrong; blameworthiness

Examples

• The investigation will determine the driver’s culpability in the accident.
• She accepted full culpability for the project’s failure.
• The jury had to assess each defendant’s degree of culpability.
• His culpability in the scandal was never proven.
• The company denied any culpability for the environmental damage.
• Legal culpability differs from moral responsibility.