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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Culpable \Cul"pa*ble\ (k?l"p?-b'l), a. [OE. culpable, coulpable,
     coupable, F. coupable, formerly also coupable, formerly also
     coulpable, culpable, fr. L. culpabilis, fr. culpare to blame,
     fr. culpa fault.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral;


        criminal. --State Trials (1413).
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              If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he
              is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his
              measures.                             --Sharp.
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     2. Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. [Obs.] --Spenser. --
        {Cul"pa*ble*ness}, n. -- {Cul"pa*bly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  culpably
       adv : in a manner or to a degree deserving blame or censure [syn:
             {reprehensibly}]

















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