CULPABLE

Blamable; censurable; in~ volving the breach of a legal duty or the· coni mi ion of a faul~ The term is not nece arily equivalent to "criminal," tQr, 1n pre&-· ent use, and. notwithstanding its derivation, it implies that the act or conduct spoken. ot' 1s reprehensible '1r wrong but not that ~t in• volvel!i ma.llce or•. a guilty.pul"I)()Se. ·''Culpa- ~' ble" in fact connotes fault rather th11D 11l]il,t.. [s. 310]