BLAMEWORTHINESS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

blameworthiness

noun

Definition of blameworthiness

as in culpability

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Noun

But the legal system’s binary standard—sane and guilty, or insane and not—fits imperfectly with human intuitions about culpability in tragedies like the Clancys’.

— Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
However, both may profoundly influence culpability, competency, and the fairness of criminal proceedings.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of culpability

Noun

Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end.

— John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
Von Carolsfeld doesn’t attempt a sweeping indictment of the criminal justice system, but rather produces a devastatingly accurate portrait of the searing human complicity that allows some monsters to roam free.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026

Definition of complicity

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But soon after, in Genesis 18, God tells Abraham of plans to investigate reports of sinfulness in Sodom and Gomorrah.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
Denver author Josiah Hesse was raised by Evangelical parents in churches that believe in the torments of hell, that their poverty is due to their sinfulness and lack of faith.

— Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026

Definition of sinfulness

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This provides the freedom for faculty and students to research, debate, teach and learn without fear of retribution or condemnation.

— Daniel Diermeier, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
The pressure is rising on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to ditch a World Cup privatization plan that could draw investments up to $20 billion, but which has drawn widespread condemnation from most of soccer's worldwide governing bodies.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026

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