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. [Obs.] Spenser.
-- Cul"pa*ble*ness, n. --
Cul"pa*bly, adv.