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INCULPATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
Example:
the police laid the blame on the driver
Synonyms:
blame; incrimination; inculpation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("inculpation" is a kind of...):
accusal; accusation (a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inculpation"):
self-incrimination (an accusation that incriminates yourself)
Derivation:
inculpate (suggest that someone is guilty)
