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Definition of Guilt
1. Noun. The state of having committed an offense.
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Specialized synonyms: Blameworthiness, Culpability, Culpableness, Bloodguilt, Complicity, Criminalism, Criminality, Criminalness, Guilt By Association, Impeachability, Indictability
Derivative terms: Guilty, Guilty, Guilty
Antonyms: Innocence
2. Noun. Remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense.
Generic synonyms: Compunction, Remorse, Self-reproach
Specialized synonyms: Survivor Guilt
Derivative terms: Guilty
Definition of Guilt
1. n. The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; offense against right.
Definition of Guilt
1. Noun. Responsibility for wrongdoing. ¹
2. Noun. Awareness of having done wrong. ¹
3. Noun. The fact of having done wrong. ¹
4. Noun. (legal) The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To commit offenses; act criminally. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Guilt
1. the fact of having committed an offense [n -S]
Medical Definition of Guilt
1. Subjective feeling of having committed an error, offense or sin; unpleasant feeling of self-criticism. These result from acts, impulses, or thoughts contrary to one's personal conscience. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guilt
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