guilt
Pronunciation Noun

guilt (uncountable)

  1. Responsibility for wrongdoing.
    Antonyms: innocence
  2. (law) The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.
    Antonyms: innocence
  3. The regret of having done wrong.
    Synonyms: remorse
Translations Translations Translations Verb

guilt (guilts, present participle guilting; past and past participle guilted)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To commit offenses; act criminally.
  2. (transitive) To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.
    He didn't want to do it, but his wife guilted him into it.



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