self-accusation
noun[CorU]
uk/ˌself.æk.jəˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌself.æk.jəˈzeɪ.ʃən/theactofaccusingyourself of doing or having done somethingwrong:
As theyeardrewto aclose, thepoetwasparalysedbyindecisionand self-accusation.
Hisconditioninprisonwasimprovedby hisfalseself-accusations and hisaccusationsofothers.
- Witnessesaresufficientlyprotectedfrom self-accusation to make itlawfulfor thecourtstocompelthem totestify.
- Thetalebeginsin achapterof self-accusation bywarningus that thestorytelleris acongenitalliar.
- He wasconsumedbybitterself-accusations.
Blaming & accusing
- a bad workman blames his toolsidiom
- accusatory
- accuser
- accusingly
- allegedly
- attribution
- blame
- denunciation
- finger
- impeach
- incriminate
- indict
- lay
- laysomethingatsomeone'sdooridiom
- levelsomethingagainst/atsomeone
- lightning conductor
- McCarthyite
- misattribute
- nail
- sacrificial lamb