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How to pronounce onus:

Synonyms for onus:

blot
brand
burden
concern
dead weight
discredit
disgrace
disrepute
duty
encumbrance
fardel
guilt
headache
ignominy
imposition
incumbrance
liability
load
obligation
odium
pill
responsibility
shame
slur
smirch
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Antonyms for onus:

acquittal
blamelessness
exculpation
exoneration
faultlessness
flawlessness
goodness
guiltlessness
immaculateness
impeccability
innocence
innocency
irreproachability
irreproachableness
perfection
purity
sinlessness
virtue
virtuousness

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