"culpa" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌlpə/ Forms: culpae [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌlpə Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin culpa. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|culpa}} Learned borrowing from Latin culpa Head templates: {{en-noun|culpae}} culpa (plural culpae)
  1. (law) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart. Categories (topical): Law Related terms: culpa lata, culpa levis, felix culpa, mea culpa, nostra culpa, tua culpa Translations (negligence or fault): tuottamus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-culpa-en-noun--g6Zv5Lf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Pages with 8 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 14 1 1 11 1 11 1 12 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 12 1 7 0 1 1 12 1 Topics: law

Inflected forms

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