Vocabulary
Culpability
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame.
Urdu meaning
مجرم، قابل مواخذہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The French broadened the concept of culpability to include not just the Nazis but all Germans.To understand that period, one should read Lara Feigel`s TheBitter TasteofVictory: In the Ruins of the Reich.
Dawn Editorials —
Another Nuremberg?
— 2026-03-26
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So, culpability is clear and one-sided and there is a legal right to attack it until the UN is informed, as required, and acts.
Dawn Editorials —
Ending futile wars
— 2026-03-17
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So, the one-sided culpability of a state for unprovoked attacks is absent.The ICJ in Congo`s 2005 case against Uganda rejected the latter`s plea that it attacked the former country legally in selfdefence against terrorists based there.
Dawn Editorials —
Ending futile wars
— 2026-03-17
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India insists on Pakistan`s culpability in the Pahalgam terrorist attack, but has yet to provide any compelling evidence.
Dawn Editorials —
Petty politics
— 2025-09-30
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His singular culpability has been questioned ever since.
Dawn Editorials —
A single bullet
— 2025-09-18
Synonyms
guilt, blame, fault, responsibility, accountability, liability
Curator example
“a level of moral culpability”
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