Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Culpatory /(-t?-r?)/ · Cul·pa·to·ry · IPA 01 a. Expressing blame; censuring; reprehensory; inculpating. 1. Expressing blame; censuring; reprehensory; inculpating. “Adjectives . . . commonly used by Latian authors in a culpatory sense.” — Walpole.