Cŭl'pa-ble, a.
a. [Lat. culpabilis, from culpare, to blame, from culpa, fault; It. colpabile, colpevole, Sp. culpable, Pg. culpavel, Pr. colpable, Fr. coupable.]
Sense 1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.
Every man, in doubtful cases, is left to his own discretion, and if he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his measures. Sharp.
Sense 2. Guilty;—with of; as, culpable of a crime. [Obs.] Spenser.