Contrition
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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Fault and contrition are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fault" instead a noun "Contrition".
Nearby Words: contrite, contritely
Fault
Fault noun - A defect in character.
Contrition and fault are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrition" instead a noun "Fault".
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- Also from Disney, Frollo's showstopping Villain Song "Hellfire", which is about Frollo denying that his lust for Esmeralda is his fault is backed by the Ominous Latin Chanting of... the Act of Contrition?
Source: Isn't It Ironic? - 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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