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A form of cancelsplaining where the perpetrator “explains” to the target why they are guilty—of a moral transgression, a crime, a social sin—often while engaging in exposing, doxxing, or expoxxing. The explanation is framed as a service to the target (“this is for your own growth”) or to the community (“people deserve to know”). Guiltysplaining allows the perpetrator to present public shaming as a rational, pedagogical act, while the target is gaslit into questioning whether they did something so terrible that they deserve the abuse.
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