Etymology

culpa

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Today it means: Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart. Full definition →

Latin culpa
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromculpa
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromculpa
  3. English todayculpa

Learned borrowing from Latin culpa.

Words from the same roots

Latinculpa all →

culpa lataculpa levisculpe

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