About The Word Guilt
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Guilt
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What's The Definition Of Guilt?
[n] remorse cause by feeling responsible for some offence
[n] the state of having committed an offense Synonyms | Synonyms for Guilt: guilt feelings | guilt trip | guiltiness | guilty conscience Related Terms | Find terms related to Guilt: blame | blameworthiness | contriteness | contrition | crime | criminality | culpability | fault | feloniousness | guiltiness | misconduct | offense | onus | regret | remorse | repentance | responsibility | self-condemnation | self-reproach | shame | sin | sinfulness | sorrow | wrongdoing See Also | blameworthiness | bloodguilt | complicity | compunction | condition | criminalism | criminality | criminalness | culpability | culpableness | guilt by association | impeachability | indictability | remorse | self-reproach | status Guilt In Webster's Dictionary \Guilt\ (g[i^]lt), n. [OE. gilt, gult, AS. gylt, crime;
probably originally signifying, the fine or mulct paid for an
offence, and afterward the offense itself, and akin to AS.
gieldan to pay, E. yield. See {Yield}, v. t.]
1. 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.
Satan had not answer, but stood struck With guilt of
his own sin. --Milton.
2. Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.
A ship incurs guilt by the violation of a blockade.
--Kent.
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