Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Culpable

Culpable (k?l"p?-b'l) , adjective

[Old English culpable, coulpable, coupable, French coupable, formerly also coupable, formerly also coulpable, culpable, from Latin culpabilis, from culpare to blame, from culpa fault.]

1.
Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal. — State Trials (1413)
If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his measures. — Sharp
2.
Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. [Obsolete] — Spenser