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noun
1.
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability: He admitted his guilt.
2.
a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined.
3.
conduct involving the commission of such crimes, wrongs, etc.: to live a life of guilt.
verb (used with object) Informal.
4.
to cause to feel guilty (often followed by out or into ): She totally guilted me out, dude. He guilted me into picking up the tab. See also guilt-trip.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the fact or state of having done wrong or committed an offence |
| 2. | responsibility for a criminal or moral offence deserving punishment or a penalty |
| 3. | remorse or self-reproach caused by feeling that one is responsible for a wrong or offence |
| 4. | archaic sin or crime |
| [Old English gylt, of obscure origin] | |
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | guilt |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to make someone feel guilty, esp. in hopes of getting them to do something |
| Example: | He guilted her into calling her mother-in-law. |
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Word Origin & History
guilt
O.E. gylt "crime, sin, fault, fine," of unknown origin, though some suspect a connection to O.E. gieldan "to pay for, debt," but O.E.D. editors find this "inadmissible phonologically." The mistaken use for "sense of guilt" is first recorded 1690. Guilt by association first recorded 1941. Guilty is from
O.E. gyltig, from gylt.
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Example sentences
There is much to hide: if not culpability for crimes, or being witness to a crime, then guilt for failing to push back or flee.
His guilt was enormous-the other side of his belief in his powers to affect the world around him.
They inevitably raise large questions about motive and guilt, ends and means.
The bank avoids admitting guilt, or being found guilty of anything.
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