Burden and Commit

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Burden verb - To place a weight or burden on.

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Commit and burden are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Commit" instead a verb "Burden".

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Commit verb - To carry through (as a process) to completion.

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Burden and commit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a verb "Commit".

Meanwhile, since it's extremely hard for the defence to prove that someone definitely didn't commit a crime, when the burden of proof is on them in the media they often have to resort to proving that someone else did do it.

Source: Shifting the Burden of Proof
When Kindaichi inevitably uncovers the mystery, the killer will start a Motive Rant about how the victims had caused the death, intentionally or otherwise, of the killer's loved one, before breaking down with the burden of their guilt, then trying to commit suicide.

Source: Strictly Formula
Another 20th century author to commit suicide: Virginia Woolf—inevitably pushed over the edge by years of depression, mental illness (particularly, hearing voices), and feeling guilty about being a burden to her husband.

Source: Useful Notes / Suicide

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