excuse
(the word absolve means to clear or remove, in the sense of forgiving guilt or debt)He asked the priest to absolve him of his sins.The courts did not absolve the company of blame, but found no evidence of negligence.Unless his creditor decided to absolve his obligation, a debtor could be thrown into prison.
1. to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death. 2. to set free or release, as from some duty, obligation, or to be absolved from one's oath. 3. to grant pardon for.
commendation
Blamed.
If you mean gratis, it means free and without charge
The prefix "culp-" means fault or blame. It is derived from the Latin word "culpa" meaning fault or guilt.
blame
Gilt and guilt. A word is not a homophone because of it's meaning but because of it's sound. The word comes from the Greek homos "same" + phone "sound"
(the word absolve means to clear or remove, in the sense of forgiving guilt or debt)He asked the priest to absolve him of his sins.The courts did not absolve the company of blame, but found no evidence of negligence.Unless his creditor decided to absolve his obligation, a debtor could be thrown into prison.
Shriven means to have confessed and been granted absolution for one's sins, often in the context of a religious confession. It is a past participle of the verb "shrive," which refers to the act of confessing and receiving forgiveness for sins.
The root word for "blame" is "blam." It comes from the Old French word "blasmer" which means "to speak ill of" or "to blame."
The word is 'self-reproach'.
Blameless - free from blame or fault; not deserving of blame.
Another word for guilt is shame. It is a cognitive or an emotional experience that occurs when a person believes or realizes he is wrong.
To scapegoat someone means to unfairly blame them for something they didn't do.
First it not always a root word. It can be a prefix or possibly a suffix. Second, it means blame. As in "He was the culprit of the robbing of the bank.
Culp