[n] remorse cause by feeling responsible for some offence [n] the state of having committed an offense
guilt feelings, guilt trip, guiltiness, guilty conscience
innocence
blame, blameworthiness, contriteness, contrition, crime, criminality, culpability, fault, feloniousness, guiltiness, misconduct, offense, onus, regret, remorse, repentance, responsibility, self-condemnation, self-reproach, shame, sin, sinfulness, sorrow,