n
(obsolete) One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use.
n
(law) In United States defamation law, the level of knowledge that must be demonstrated for a public figure to prevail as a plaintiff in a lawsuit for defamation; the defendant must have either known that information published about the plaintiff was false, or must have shown reckless disregard for the truth by not a making simple inquiry or investigation which would have disclosed it.
v
To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
v
(biblical) To blame another for one's own wrong-doing. Blameshifting can be caused by pointing the finger at another when trying to save one's own skin.
adj
(informal) Tending to blame others
n
Blame shifting; the act of absolving oneself of responsibility or concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.
n
The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
v
(theology, transitive, intransitive) To condemn to hell.
v
(transitive) To blame for ills.
n
(obsolete) Fault; offence; wrong act.
v
(obsolete) To damn; to condemn.
v
(obsolete) To be distrustful
v
(informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
n
One who reproves in a blunt, stern manner intended for the benefit of the recipient.
n
Obsolete form of injury. [Damage to the body of a living thing.]
n
(idiomatic) Remarks intended to produce such a feeling.
v
(rare, transitive) To become guilty; to start to feel guilty
n
A wrongdoer; malefactor.
n
(obsolete) A rebuke or reproof.
n
a victim of an infringement
v
(transitive) to regret doing something.
n
One who commits malpractice.
adj
Strongly rebuking or scolding.
n
The act of committing an offence.
n
(law) An injury to the body, mind or emotions, as opposed to an injury to property.
n
A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
n
A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
v
(intransitive) to express disapproval.
n
The act of making somebody a scapegoat.
n
An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries.
n
(obsolete outside Scotland) Blame, responsibility, guilt.
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