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guilt

[ gilt ]

noun

  1. the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:

    He admitted his guilt.

    Antonyms:

  2. a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined.
  3. conduct involving the commission of such crimes, wrongs, etc.:

    to live a life of guilt.

    Synonyms:



verb (used with object)

Informal.
  1. to cause to feel guilty (often followed by out or into ): guilt-trip.

    She totally guilted me out, dude. He guilted me into picking up the tab.

guilt

/ ɡɪ±ô³Ù /

noun

  1. the fact or state of having done wrong or committed an offence
  2. responsibility for a criminal or moral offence deserving punishment or a penalty
  3. remorse or self-reproach caused by feeling that one is responsible for a wrong or offence
  4. archaic.
    sin or crime
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·²µ³Ü¾±±ô³Ù noun
  • ±è°ù±ð·²µ³Ü¾±±ô³Ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of guilt1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English gilt, Old English gylt ※Á´Ú´Ú±ð²Ô²õ±ðâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of guilt1

Old English gylt, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

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"No remorse and both maintain their denial of guilt."

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Jen finds a way to leak news regarding camp conditions to Ursula, whose guilt is matched by her journalist’s ambition to rise beyond her work as a beauty writer.

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Like many other people from Myanmar who have migrated abroad, he feels survivor's guilt.

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She and the other women say they struggle with the guilt of now knowing that Zou has assaulted so many women.

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But Geragos and the brothers’ legal team say that Sirhan has, over the years, flip-flopped about his guilt and, while in prison, insisted he is innocent.

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