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| admission |
An admission is the act of confessing something. It is an act of admitting the truth, whether the truth is a nice thing or a bad thing. An "admission of love" is an acting of revealing that you love someone. An "admission of guilt" is an act of saying you are guilty of something. [1/3 definitions] |
| ashamed |
feeling shame or guilt for doing something wrong or foolish. [1/3 definitions] |
| clear |
free from guilt; innocent. [1/14 definitions] |
| confess |
to admit guilt. [1/3 definitions] |
| guilt |
Guilt is the fact of having done something wrong or having broken a law. [2 definitions] |
| guilty |
feeling or showing guilt. [1/2 definitions] |
| innocence |
freedom from guilt, blame, or fault. [1/2 definitions] |
| innocent |
not deserving guilt or blame. [1/3 definitions] |
| in the clear |
free from danger or charges of guilt. |
| judge |
When a court of law judges a person or a case, the court makes a decision about guilt or innocence. [1/6 definitions] |
| qualm |
a feeling of guilt or doubt. [1/2 definitions] |
| regret |
a feeling of sadness about something one has done; guilt. [1/3 definitions] |
| remorse |
a feeling of guilt and real sorrow over having done something wrong. |
| shame |
to force through guilt. [1/8 definitions] |
| suspect |
to believe the guilt of without knowing all the facts. [1/3 definitions] |
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