guilt
nounDivide guilt into syllables:
guilt
How to pronounce guilt:
Definition of guilt:
- guilt (noun):
- guilty conduct
- the state of having committed an offense.
- remorse or self-reproach caused by feeling that one has done something wrong
- the fact of having committed a breach of conduct especially violating law and involving a penalty
Synonyms for guilt:
anguish
bad conscience
bloodguilt
complicity
condition
contrition
criminalism
criminality
criminalness
culpability
culpableness
grief
guilt by association
guilt feelings
guilt trip
guiltiness
guilty conscience
impeachability
indictability
penitence
regret
remorse
remorsefulness
repentance
sadness
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