INCULPATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inculpation mean? 

• INCULPATION (noun)
  The noun INCULPATION has 1 sense:

1. an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed

  Familiarity information: INCULPATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCULPATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

blame; incrimination; inculpation

Context example:

the police laid the blame on the driver

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)