- Culpa caret qui scit sed prohibere non potest. — One is clear of blame who knows, but cannot prevent
II
(responsibility) noun
accountability, ascription, assignation, assignment, attribution, charge, implication, imputation, liability
associated concepts: allocation of blame, blameworthy, culpability, placing the blame
III
verb
abhor, accuse, administer a rebuke, admonish, anathematize, animadvert, arraign, ascribe to, assign to, attribute to, berate, call to account, carp, cast a slur on, castigate, cavil, censure, charge, chastise, chide, cite, complain against, condemn, criminate, criticize, culpare, denounce, deplore, deprecate, depreciate, detract, disapprove, discommend, discountenance, disparage, dispraise, execrate, expostulate, fault, find fault, hold no brief for, hold responsible, hold up to reprobation, impeach, implicate, impugn, impute to, incriminate, inculpate, indict, lodge a complaint, objurgate, rebuke, recriminate, remonstrate, reprehend, reprehendere, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, revile, show disapproval, upbraid, vilipend, vituperare
IV
index
accuse, arraign, assignation, censure, charge (accusation), charge (accuse), cite (accuse), complain (charge), complain (criticize), conviction (finding of guilt), criticism, criticize (find fault with), culpability, denounce (inform against), denunciation, diatribe, disparagement, fault (responsibility), fault, guilt, impeach, impeachability, impeachment, impute, incriminate, incrimination, inculpation, indict, involve (implicate), obloquy, odium, ostracism, outcry, present (prefer charges), proscribe (denounce), rebuke, reprehend, reprimand (noun), reprimand (verb), reproach (noun), reproach (verb), strictureBurton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006