culpabilities
States of blame
Culpabilities is the plural of culpability—the state of deserving blame or being responsible for wrongdoing.
The word appears most often in legal and formal contexts where multiple parties share fault: The investigation revealed culpabilities across several departments.
Unlike simple guilt, culpability emphasizes the degree to which someone can be held accountable.
Violations of moral law
- transgressionsViolations of rules or laws
- wrongdoingsImmoral or illegal acts
- faultsImperfections or shortcomings
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
responsibilities · consciences · remorse · shame · repentance · atonement · ethics · accountability
Amounts owed to others
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- defendantsThose facing prosecution
- indictmentsFormal criminal accusations
convictions · charges · prosecutions · verdicts · accountability · sentencing · judgments · malpractice
States of being answerable
- responsibilitiesDuties one must fulfill
- oversightsFailures to notice
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- breachesBreaks or violations
violations · compliance · audits · investigations · whistleblowers · cover-ups · scandals · misconduct
Shared criminal involvement
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- conspiraciesSecret unlawful plans
- accessoriesSupplementary items or adornments
- accomplicesPartners in crime
enablers · collaborators · co-defendants · joint · collective · distributed · apportioned · contributory
sins
Violations of moral law
- transgressionsViolations of rules or laws
- wrongdoingsImmoral or illegal acts
- faultsImperfections or shortcomings
failures · responsibilities · consciences · remorse · shame · repentance · atonement · ethics · accountability · burdens
liabilities
Amounts owed to others
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- defendantsThose facing prosecution
indictments · convictions · charges · prosecutions · verdicts · accountability · sentencing · judgments · malpractice · torts
accountabilities
States of being answerable
- responsibilitiesDuties one must fulfill
- oversightsFailures to notice
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
breaches · violations · compliance · audits · investigations · whistleblowers · cover-ups · scandals · misconduct · malfeasance
complicity
Shared criminal involvement
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- conspiraciesSecret unlawful plans
- accessoriesSupplementary items or adornments
accomplices · enablers · collaborators · co-defendants · joint · collective · distributed · apportioned · contributory · participations
culpabilitiesinnocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
blamelessness · guiltlessness · exoneration · exculpation · faultlessness
culpabilitiesvirtues
Positive moral traits
righteousness · probity · integrity · uprightness · innocences
culpable, culpability, mea culpa, exculpate, exculpatory, exculpation, inculpate, culpably, exculpated