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culpa.

Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

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noun/ˈkʊlpə/UK, US/ˈkʌlpə/UK, US
  1. Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart.

    Ancient-Rome
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Learned borrowing from Latin culpa.

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