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.]
1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal. State Trials (1413).
If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his measures.
Sharp.
2. Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. Spenser.
— Cul″pa‐ble‐ness, n. — Cul″pa‐bly, adv.