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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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Noted for his curly hair and beard - which judge Al Jaffe guilted him into cropping so he'd have more credibility on the air - Selwyn probably is the wild card of the bunch and could break through with the voting audience based solely on his anti-sports anchor looks and demeanor.
Students are continually guilted into shouldering the burden of responsibility when they don't succeed in school and all too often accept as inevitable their fate of being sucked into military service.
 
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