Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun culpable_negligence

1 sense of culpable negligence

Sense 1
criminal negligence, culpable negligence -- ((law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences))
       => negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance -- (failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances)