caught the act (adjective) culpable: responsible for action
Sinonime: chickenheartedness, cold feet, cowardliness, cravenness, dastardliness, faint-heartedness, faintheartedness, fear, fearfulness, funk, gutlessness, mousiness, pusillanimity, wimpiness
Antonime: blameless, inculpable,
innocent, not guilty,
right