Deserving blame or censure; culpable (from medieval and ecclesiastical Latin).
From Latin culpabilis (worthy of blame), derived from culpa (fault) + -abilis (worthy of, capable of). This is a Latinized form rarely seen in modern English.
Medieval scholars and clergy used 'culpabilis' as a technical term for moral accountability in religious contexts—it shows how Latin remained the language of serious moral judgment in the church.
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