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Definition of Guilty conscience
1. Noun. Remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense.
Generic synonyms: Compunction, Remorse, Self-reproach
Specialized synonyms: Survivor Guilt
Derivative terms: Guilty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guilty Conscience
Literary usage of Guilty conscience
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"... of a guilty conscience, when his filial tenderness and sympathy have gained
the ascendency over his apprehended duty of killing his parent. ..."
2. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... of Lurking Savages — Thefts at Night — A Trapper's Revenge — Alarms of a Guilty
Conscience — A Murderous Victory—Californian Mountains—Plains Along the ..."
3. Commentaries on the Law in Shakespeare: With Explanations of the Legal Terms by Edward Joseph White (1911)
"316. Avouch. 317. Disputing •with Lunatic. 318. Clothing villany with "holy writ."
319. Warrant no protection against murder. 320. guilty conscience. ..."
4. A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms by Charles Buck (1831)
"... and remorse of a guilty conscience. See Theorie des Sentimens Agréables; ...
guilty conscience ..."
5. Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Connected with the by Agnes Strickland (1859)
"... his guilty conscience, by making confession of his own crimes, and declaring
the innocence of his injured Queen. This statement appearing at the end of ..."
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