Blame and Contrition

Blame

Blame noun - Responsibility for wrongdoing or failure.

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Contrition and blame are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contrition" instead a noun "Blame".

Nearby Words: blameless, blamed, blaming, blameful

Contrition noun - A feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.

Usage example: once again she heard her abusive husband's tearful expressions of contrition

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Blame and contrition are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blame" instead a noun "Contrition".

Nearby Words: contrite, contritely

little	little blame	little contrition
excessive	excessive blame	excessive contrition

While Frollo is insisting that he's not to blame, a chorus sings the Act of Contrition, "Mea Culpa/Mea Culpa/Mea Maxima Culpa", which, when translated from Ominous Latin, is "My fault/My fault/My most grievous fault", and completely negates what he says.

Source: Call-and-Response Song

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