self-incriminating
Admitting one's wrongdoing
Self-incriminating describes statements or evidence that suggest one's own guilt in a crime or wrongdoing.
The Fifth Amendment protects Americans from being compelled to give self-incriminating testimony: He refused to answer on the grounds that it might be self-incriminating.
Outside legal contexts, the word applies to any admission that makes someone look bad: Her self-incriminating emails were leaked to the press.
Confess or grant entry
- confessAcknowledge wrongdoing openly
- discloseReveal hidden information
- divulgeReveal private information
- revealMake something visible
blurt · spill · overshare · unburden · acknowledge · implicate · betray · let slip
Suspect's custodial advisement
- Fifth AmendmentProtection against compelled testimony
- right to silenceLegal privilege against compelled speech
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
deposition · interrogation · coercion · entrapment · prosecution · defendant · perjury · subpoena
Guilt for wrongdoing
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- culpabilityDeserving blame for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- regretSorrow over past actions
self-blame · guilty conscience · self-reproach · compunction · self-condemnation · confession · unburdening · conscience
Sworn statement as evidence
- statementExpressed claim or fact
- recordingCaptured audio or video
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals
DNA · forensic · corroborate · circumstantial · probative · admissible · inadmissible · exhibit
admit
Confess or grant entry
- confessAcknowledge wrongdoing openly
- discloseReveal hidden information
- divulgeReveal private information
reveal · blurt · spill · overshare · unburden · acknowledge · implicate · betray · let slip · slip
Miranda rights
Suspect's custodial advisement
- Fifth AmendmentProtection against compelled testimony
- right to silenceLegal privilege against compelled speech
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
cross-examination · deposition · interrogation · coercion · entrapment · prosecution · defendant · perjury · subpoena · affidavit
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- culpabilityDeserving blame for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
regret · self-blame · guilty conscience · self-reproach · compunction · self-condemnation · confession · unburdening · conscience
testimony
Sworn statement as evidence
- statementExpressed claim or fact
- recordingCaptured audio or video
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
fingerprints · DNA · forensic · corroborate · circumstantial · probative · admissible · inadmissible · exhibit · material
self-incriminatingexculpatory
Clearing of wrongdoing
exonerating · vindicating · absolving · clearing · acquitting
self-incriminatingself-serving
Benefiting oneself primarily
self-justifying · defensive · blame-shifting · self-aggrandizing · face-saving
incriminating, incriminate, incriminated, incriminates, incrimination, incriminatory, crimes, criminal, criminals