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INCULPATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inculpative mean?
• INCULPATIVE (adjective)
The adjective INCULPATIVE has 1 sense:
1. causing blame to be imputed to
Familiarity information: INCULPATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing blame to be imputed to
Synonyms:
inculpative; inculpatory
Similar:
accusative; accusatory; accusing; accusive (containing or expressing accusation)
comminatory; denunciative; denunciatory (containing warning of punishment)
condemnatory; condemning (containing or imposing condemnation or censure)
criminative; criminatory; incriminating; incriminatory (charging or suggestive of guilt or blame)
damnatory; damning (threatening with damnation)
recriminative; recriminatory (countering one charge with another)
Also:
guilty (responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act)
Derivation:
inculpate (suggest that someone is guilty)
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