guilt
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability: He admitted his guilt.
a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined.
conduct involving the commission of such crimes, wrongs, etc.: to live a life of guilt.
to cause to feel guilty (often followed by out or into): She totally guilted me out, dude. He guilted me into picking up the tab.: See also guilt-trip.
Origin of guilt
1Other words for guilt
Opposites for guilt
Other words from guilt
- non·guilt, noun
- pre·guilt, noun
Words that may be confused with guilt
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How to use guilt in a sentence
She took the deal, again admitting her guilt, which qualified as a second strike on her record.
A woman in ICE detention says her fallopian tube was removed without her consent | Nicole Narea | September 17, 2020 | VoxAgency employees and execs say that whether or not agencies decide to open offices, managing expectations and helping assuage any sense of pressure or guilt to come in will be key.
‘Power dynamics’: Why the return to offices is more nuanced than it seems for agencies and their employees | Kristina Monllos | August 24, 2020 | DigidayIt’s human nature to look for the most efficient way to decrease guilt.
Uncharted Power’s Jessica O. Matthews has a plan to revive America’s crumbling infrastructure | Brooke Henderson | August 23, 2020 | FortuneYou have to kind of package and create a streamlined way for them to reduce their guilt by being able to invest and support what you’re doing.
Uncharted Power’s Jessica O. Matthews has a plan to revive America’s crumbling infrastructure | Brooke Henderson | August 23, 2020 | FortuneWe could go to the bazaar of cultures and find reinforcement for inclinations that are repressed by puritanical guilt feelings.
guilt, when dispensed in the circumstances Morris occupied, is the anti-Viagra.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’ | Asawin Suebsaeng | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTInstead of lights and gifts, this one is filled with broken promises and guilt.
Police then lied to Henry by telling him that if he admitted his guilt, he could go home.
How the U.S. Justice System Screws Prisoners with Disabilities | Elizabeth Picciuto | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlthough often this is considered proof positive of guilt at trial, it is not an uncommon occurrence in false confessions.
How the U.S. Justice System Screws Prisoners with Disabilities | Elizabeth Picciuto | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPerhaps my outrage at the men defending Cosby springs from my own feelings of guilt.
No guilt was charged against any one, although the wounded man said that he conjectured that it was Captain Silvestre de Aybar.
This way of owning guilt in a wrong Place, is a common Artifice to hide it in a right one.
A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope | Colley CibberSo the evidence of his guilt was no longer in the hands of a stranger, and Sir Richard Arden was saved.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuDespite his own grief, he is sorry for the young man; nor is he convinced in his shrewd bourgeois mind of the latter's guilt.
Uncanny Tales | VariousIf ever a pretty woman's smile was devilish, Lucy Warrender's was, as she insisted on this partnership in her guilt.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James Wills
British Dictionary definitions for guilt
/ (ɡɪlt) /
the fact or state of having done wrong or committed an offence
responsibility for a criminal or moral offence deserving punishment or a penalty
remorse or self-reproach caused by feeling that one is responsible for a wrong or offence
archaic sin or crime
Origin of guilt
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