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Definition of "guilt" []
- The fact of being responsible for the commission of an offense. See Synonyms at blame. (noun)
- Law Culpability for a crime or lesser breach of regulations that carries a legal penalty. (noun)
- Remorseful awareness of having done something wrong. (noun)
- Self-reproach for supposed inadequacy or wrongdoing. (noun)
- Guilty conduct; sin. (noun)
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Use "guilt" in a sentence
- "II. ii.56 (444,8) gild the faces of the grooms withal,/For it must seem their guilt] Could Shakespeare possibly mean to play upon the similitude of _gild_ and _guilt_."
- "And this is that which we call guilt, which is an inward vexation, and discontent, and grief of mind, arising from the consciousness that we have done amiss, and a fearful apprehension of some vengeance and punishment that will follow it; and there is no trouble that is comparable to this, when the conscience of"
- "LUI: A former '60s radical speaks out about Barack Obama, the presidential campaign and what he calls guilt by association."