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Unit 10 Flashcards

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CRIMIN

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Latin
Crime, charge of crime
Decriminalize, incriminalate, recrimination

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CULP

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Latin
To blame
Culpable, culpirt, mea culpa

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Decriminalize

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Verb
To do away with legal penalties
CRIMIN

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Incriminate

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Verb
To reveal guilt
CRIMIN
Syn: implicate
Ant: acquite
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Recrimination

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Noun
Counter charge
CRIMIN
Syn: rebuke

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Culpable

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Adjective
Deserving blame
CULP
Syn:liable
Ant: blameless
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ONUS/ONER

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Latin
Burden
Onus, oneous, exonerate

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Culprit

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Noun
One responsible for crime
CULP
Syn:perpetrator

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Mea culpa

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Interjection
Statement uttered to show personal responsibility for a wrong
CULP

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Onus

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Noun
Burden or obligation
ONUS/ONER
Syn: duty

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Onerous

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Adjective 
Unpleasant 
ONUS/ONER
Syn: demanding 
Ant: easy
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PROB/PROV

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Latin
Prove good, approve
Approbation, reprobate, reprove

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Exonerate

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Verb 
To prove guilty
ONUS/ONER
Syn:acquit
Ant:Condemn
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Approbation

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Noun
Praise or approval
PROB/PROV
Syn: commendation
Ant: condemnation
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Reprobate

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Noun
A dishonest person
PROB/PROV
Syn: delinquent

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Reprove

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Verb 
Scold or criticize
PROB/PROV
Syn: chide
Ant: praise

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