culpability

Definitions

Responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame.

The state of being deserving of censure or moral guilt.

Examples

The investigation aimed to determine the extent of the manager's culpability in the financial scandal.

Despite his attempts to shift the blame, the evidence clearly established his culpability in the accident.

Synonyms

guilt blame accountability responsibility fault liability censure

Antonyms

innocence exoneration blamelessness irresponsibility acquittal virtue purity