for my sins
As karmic payback
A self-deprecating phrase used when mentioning a role or situation one occupies, implying it's a burden or punishment: I'm the team leader, for my sins.
The expression suggests wry resignation rather than actual guilt—a way of acknowledging responsibility while downplaying any pride in the position.
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- confessional boothEnclosed space for religious disclosure
- guiltMoral self-reproach
guilty conscience · redemption · transgression · punishment · pay the price · repentance · burden · shame · regret · absolution · suffering · hair shirt · cross · debt · priest · forgiveness · beg forgiveness · penitent
self-presentation tone
for my sinsproudly
With evident self-satisfaction
boastfully · triumphantly · humblebrag · as luck would have it · gloriously
for, sin, sins, sinful, sinfully, sinfulness, sinner, sinners, sinned