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guilt

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guilt  (glt)
n.
1. The fact of being responsible for the commission of an offense. See Synonyms at blame.
2. Law Culpability for a crime or lesser breach of regulations that carries a legal penalty.
3.
a. Remorseful awareness of having done something wrong.
b. Self-reproach for supposed inadequacy or wrongdoing.
4. Guilty conduct; sin.

[Middle English gilt, from Old English gylt, crime.]

guilt
Noun
1. the fact or state of having done wrong: the court was unable to establish guilt
2. remorse or self-reproach caused by feeling that one has done something wrong: he feels no guilt about the planned cutbacks [Old English gylt]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.guiltguilt - the state of having committed an offense
condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
bloodguilt - the state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder
complicity - guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense
criminalism, criminality, criminalness - the state of being a criminal
guilt by association - the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty
impeachability, indictability - the state of being liable to impeachment
innocence - a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; "the trial established his innocence"
2.guilt - remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense
compunction, remorse, self-reproach - a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
survivor guilt - a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died; "survivor guilt was first noted in those who survived the Holocaust"

guilt
noun 1. shame, regret, remorse, contrition, guilty conscience, bad conscience, self-reproach, self-condemnation, guiltiness << OPPOSITE pride
Translations
Spanish guilt [gɪlt] nculpabilidad f
French guilt [gɪlt] nculpabilité f
German guilt [gɪlt] nSchuld f;
(remorse) → Schuldgefühl nt

Italian guilt [gɪlt] ncolpevolezza

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For this purpose I have shown that no acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence and virtue; nor can in the least balance the evil of that horror and anxiety which, in their room, guilt introduces into our bosoms.
The person to whom I addressed myself added that Justine had already confessed her guilt.
That you succeeded in shifting the guilt upon the Prince of Helium was fortunate, and a masterly move of strategy; but were the girl to know the truth and ever return to her father's court, all Dusar would have to pay the penalty, and to have her here a prisoner amongst us would be an admission of guilt from the consequences of which naught could save us.
 
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