culpa.
fault/blame/responsibility (w/GEN); crime (esp. against chastity); negligence; offense; error; (sense of) guilt; fault/defect (moral/other); sickness/injury;
Meaning & usage
fault, defect, weakness, frailty, temptation
blame, guilt
crime, punishable act, mischief, sin
specifically, regarding sexual misconduct or unchastity
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *kʷolpā (“wrong, mistake”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolp-eh₂ (“bend, turn”), from *kʷelp- (“to bend, turn”).
second-person singular present active imperative of culpō
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