guilts
Burdens with blame
Guilts is the third-person singular verb form of guilt, meaning to manipulate someone through inducing guilt: She guilts him into visiting more often.
The usage is informal and relatively recent, treating guilt as something you can do to another person rather than just feel yourself.
Deserving blame for wrongdoing
- faultImperfection or blame
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- wrongdoingUnethical or illegal action
sin · transgression · complicity · accusation · incrimination · finger-pointing · self-blame · scapegoating
Remorseful state over misdeeds
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
- self-reproachBlaming oneself for wrongdoing
- compunctionUneasiness from guilt
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
repentance · pangs · sorrow · regret · ruefulness · self-condemnation · heartache · self-accusation
Measure of heaviness
- heavinessState of being weighty
- loadCarried weight or burden
- pressureForce upon contact
- strainExcessive stretching force
albatross · baggage · onus · yoke · millstone · anchor · cross · oppression
Loss of dignity
- disgraceLoss of honor
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- dishonorLoss of respect
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
mortification · indignity · degradation · abasement · chagrin · disrepute · scandal · opprobrium
Moral reservations about acting
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- moralityRight and wrong principles
duty · honor · virtue · righteousness · judgment · discernment · probity · uprightness
culpability
Deserving blame for wrongdoing
- faultImperfection or blame
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
wrongdoing · sin · transgression · complicity · accusation · incrimination · finger-pointing · self-blame · scapegoating · implication
contrition
Remorseful state over misdeeds
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
- self-reproachBlaming oneself for wrongdoing
- compunctionUneasiness from guilt
atonement · repentance · pangs · sorrow · regret · ruefulness · self-condemnation · heartache · self-accusation · confession
weight
Measure of heaviness
strain · albatross · baggage · onus · yoke · millstone · anchor · cross · oppression · overwhelm
humiliation
Loss of dignity
embarrassment · mortification · indignity · degradation · abasement · chagrin · disrepute · scandal · opprobrium · infamy
scruples
Moral reservations about acting
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
morality · duty · honor · virtue · righteousness · judgment · discernment · probity · uprightness · rectitude
guiltsinnocences
Conditions of being blameless
prides · virtues · absolutions · exonerations · vindications
guiltsvirtues
Positive moral traits
innocences · merits · purities · goodnesses · honors
- not guiltyCleared of charges
- guilty conscienceSelf-blame for wrongdoing
- guilt tripInducing remorse for leverage
- guilty pleasureEnjoyment tinged with shame
- guilty as chargedAdmission of complete fault
- guilty partyOne held responsible
guilt, guilty, guiltless, guilted, guilting, guiltiness, self-guilt