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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Feel bad cos caught? #184218 04/09/09 07:33 PM Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 S soppyone OP stranger OP soppyone stranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 Help please. There is a word that relates to someone who does a crime or an act and feels bad about it, but not because they did a bad thing, but rather because they got caught. Does anyone know this word? It has been on Wordsmith but I cannot find it. Help? Thanks Sue Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Feel bad cos caught? soppyone #184223 04/10/09 01:34 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass this smacks of consequentialism - an ethical doctrine which holds that the morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences; cf. teleological ethics (but this doesn't turn up in the archives) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Feel bad cos caught? tsuwm #184232 04/10/09 06:07 PM Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 S soppyone OP stranger OP soppyone stranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks but no. It is a word something like recidivist, a description of the person or how they feel.Thanks for trying though. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Feel bad cos caught? soppyone #184235 04/10/09 09:03 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,919 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,919 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water A recidivist is one who is prone to repeating a crime, guilt notwithstanding. None there. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Feel bad cos caught? LukeJavan8 #184244 04/11/09 04:23 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Sheepish is as close as I could come (on he first page anyhow) http://onelook.com/?w=*%3Aembarrassment+getting+caught&ls=a http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheepishness Why the second link duly turned blue and got underlined nut the second one didn't is just one of those peculiarities of the digital world that might take one four yeas or so of committed study to unravel but on behalf of Bill ad Mac I apologize for the inconsistency dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Feel bad cos caught? dalehileman #184254 04/12/09 10:43 AM Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 S soppyone OP stranger OP soppyone stranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 This word would apply to that man who did the pyramid investment scheme and 60 billion dollars disappeared. After he had been caught he said to the papers, I am really sorry. Sorry for doing it or sorry for getting caught? I know there is a word for this! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Feel bad cos caught? soppyone #184736 05/11/09 08:54 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Sociopath? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 220 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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