Guiltiness

guilt·y  (glt)

adj. guilt·i·er, guilt·i·est

1. Responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; deserving of blame; culpable: guilty of cheating; the guilty party.

2. Law Adjudged to have committed a crime.

3. Suffering from or prompted by a sense of guilt: a guilty conscience.

4. Hinting at or entailing guilt: a guilty smirk; a guilty secret. See Synonyms at blameworthy.

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guilti·ly adv.

guilti·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

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guiltiness - the state of having committed an offense guilt 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