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guilty conscience

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Noun1.guilty conscience - remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense
guilt feelings, guilt trip, guilt
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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"Ah," she thought, "a guilty conscience is a most suspicious thing.
The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
It was with a sigh of relief that I quitted the chamber, convinced that nothing more than a guilty conscience had prompted my belief that either of my enemies suspected my true identity.
Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Miss Stacy never mentioned such a thing to me, Anne, and its only your guilty conscience that's the matter with you.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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