guilt

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.

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

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	guilt - the state of having committed an offense guiltiness condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" blameworthiness, culpability, culpableness - a state of guilt 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 guilt feelings, guilt trip, guilty conscience 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"

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guilt

noun 1. shame, regret, remorse, contrition, guilty conscience, bad conscience, self-reproach, self-condemnation, guiltiness << OPPOSITE pride

noun 2. culpability, blame, responsibility, misconduct, delinquency, criminality, wickedness, iniquity, sinfulness, blameworthiness, guiltiness << OPPOSITE innocence

Translations

guilt [gɪlt] n → culpabilidad f

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guilt [gɪlt] n → culpabilité f

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guilt [gɪlt] n → Schuld f;

(remorse) → Schuldgefühl nt

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guilt [gɪlt] n → colpevolezza