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Spell check of onus
Correct spelling: onus
Synonyms:
lode, consignment, millstone, MARKS, guardianship, brand, gist, attaint, hindrance, accountability, preventative, warhead, respect, start, headache, blot, essence, culpability, responsibility, black eye, hitch, burden, hinderance, trust, load, blemish, heavy, payload, taint, shipment, tarnish, compulsion, commitment, stigma, smudge, encumbrance, over, blame, duty, concern, lading, guilt, spot, preventive, obligation, smirch, tax, effect, loading, stain, core, slur, cargo, rap, fault, incumbrance, interference, freight, weight.
Antonyms:
faultlessness, glory, integrity, chasteness, rectitude, honor, fame, uprightness, renown, blamelessness, purity, good, virtuousness, guiltlessness, probity, goodness, honesty, righteousness, credit, modesty, scrupulousness, innocence, repute, award, right, legitimacy, chastity.
Examples of usage:
1) As though purposely, she left to them the onus of speech.
2) And then he recovered himself, perceiving that he owed it to his wife to take upon himself the onus of this man's presence, and that he could not expect any of his guests to entertain him.
3) The onus probandi rests clearly not with him, but with those who call those proofs of his in question.