25
remorse(noun, feeling, confusion, shame, blame)
21
shame(noun, feeling, blame, sorrow, fault)
17
culpability(noun, charge, start, wrong, concern)
16
blame(noun, charge, start, wrong, concern)
12
guiltiness(noun, blame, fault, responsibility, deceit)
10
contrition(noun, feeling, confusion, shame, blame)
9
responsibility(noun, charge, wrong, concern, weakness)
9
repentance(noun, bad, shame, sorrow, anguish)
9
crime(noun, wrong, evil, weakness, burden)
9
criminality(noun, blame, fault, responsibility, liability)
9
regret
8
fault(noun, charge, start, wrong, concern)
8
onus(noun, charge, start, wrong, concern)
8
blameworthiness(noun, blame, fault, responsibility, liability)
8
self-reproach(noun, confusion, shame, blame, sorrow)
6
sin(noun, action, blame, fault, responsibility)
6
offense(noun, wrong, evil, weakness, burden)
6
compunction(noun, feeling, confusion, shame, sorrow)
5
contriteness(noun, shame, sorrow, anguish, grief)
5
transgression(noun, wrong, evil, weakness, burden)
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