culpability
ˌkʌlpəˈbɪlɪti
noun
responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame.
a level of moral culpability
guilt,blame,fault,responsibility,accountability,liability,answerability,guiltiness,blameworthiness
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contrition
kənˈtrɪʃ(ə)n
noun
the state of feeling remorseful and penitent.
to show contrition for his crime he offered to do community service
remorse,remorsefulness,repentance,penitence,sorrow,sorrowfulness,regret,contriteness,ruefulness,pangs of conscience,prickings of conscience,shame,guilt,self-reproach,self-condemnation,compunction,rue,sorriness
compunction
kəmˈpʌŋkʃ(ə)n
noun
a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.
they used their tanks without compunction
scruples,misgivings,qualms,worries,unease,uneasiness,hesitation,hesitancy,doubts,reluctance,reservations,guilt,feelings of guilt,guilty conscience,pangs/twinges of conscience,remorse,regret,contrition,contriteness,self-reproach,repentance,penitence
