culpability
101mitigating circumstance — n: a circumstance in the commission of an act that lessens the degree of criminal culpability was convicted of manslaughter rather than murder because of mitigating circumstances; also: a circumstance or factor relating to an offense or defendant …
102opprobrium — I noun abasement, attaint, bad light, bad name, blot, brand, contempt, culpability, debasement, dedecus, defamation, degradation, derogation, disapprobation, discredit, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, disrespect, humiliation, ignobility …
103peccability — index bad repute, blame (culpability), culpability, delinquency (misconduct), frailty, impeachability …
104responsibility — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [State of being reliable] Syn. trustworthiness, reliability, trustiness, Dependability, Dependableness, loyalty, faithfulness, capableness, capacity, efficiency, competency, uprightness, firmness, steadfastness, stability,… …
105Guilt — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Guilt >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 guilt guilt guiltiness Sgm: N 1 culpability culpability Sgm: N 1 criminality criminality criminousness Sgm: N 1 deviation from rectitude deviation from rectitude &c.(improbity) 940 Sg …
106culpable — [[t]kʌ̱lpəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened. [FORMAL] Their decision to do nothing makes them culpable. ...manslaughter resulting from culpable… …
107lapse — n 1 slip, *error, mistake, blunder, faux pas, bull, howler, boner Analogous words: *offense, sin, vice, crime: *fault, failing, frailty, foible: transgression, *breach, violation, trespass 2 relapse, backsliding (see under LAPSE vb) …
108blame — v 1. accuse, hold [s.o.] accountable or responsible, lay at [s.o. s] door, point the finger at [5.0.], Sl. pin or stick [s.t.] on [s.o.], Chiefly Scot. wite; (all in reference to culpability) allege, ascribe, attribute, assign, impute, lay. 2.… …
109Spinoza, Baruch — (1632 77) by Kenneth Surin In the last few decades the writings of Louis Althusser, Etienne Balibar, Pierre Macherey, Antonio Negri, Deleuze and others, have marked a resurgence of interest in the thought of Baruch Spinoza, in which Spinoza… …
110mitigating circumstances — Such as do not constitute a justification or excuse for the offense in question, but which, in fairness and mercy, may be considered as extenuating or reducing the degree of moral culpability. For example, mitigating circumstances which will… …
