Fault or blame; culpability (archaic or rare term).
From Latin culpa (fault, blame, guilt). This archaic English word is rarely used in modern English except in legal or historical contexts.
This short word 'culp' is the ancestor of our modern legal and moral terms—'culpable,' 'culprit,' 'exculpate'—all sprouting from one Latin root about assigning blame.
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