Culpable \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)