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(blame) noun
accusation, blameworthiness, charge, culpability, error, fault, flaw, guiltiness, misdeed, reprehension, responsibility, shortcoming, transgression
II
(burden) noun
affliction, burdensome requirement, charge, drawback, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inescapable duty, interference, load, obstruction, responsibility, struggle, unusual task, weary load, weight
III
(stigma) noun
badge, blemish, blot, blotch, brand, censure, condemnation, degradation, denunciation, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dispraise, imputation, infamy, mark of Cain, reproach, scar, shame, slur, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, spot, stain, taint, tarnish
IV
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allegiance, burden, commitment (responsibility), duty (tax), handicap, imposition (excessive burden), incumbrance (burden), liability, penalty, requirement, weight (burden)
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cargo, encumbrance, freight
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.(Latin) Burden; a duty or responsibility.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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