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guilt

  [gilt]
–noun
1. the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, esp. 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.
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Origin:
bef. 1000; ME gilt, OE gylt offense

Synonyms:
3. criminality.

Antonyms:
1. innocence.
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guilt   (gĭlt)   
n.  

    1. The fact of being responsible for the commission of an offense. See Synonyms at blame.

    2. Law The fact of having been found to have violated a criminal law; legal culpability.

    3. Responsibility for a mistake or error.

    4. Remorseful awareness of having done something wrong.

    5. Self-reproach for supposed inadequacy or wrongdoing.

    1. Remorseful awareness of having done something wrong.

    2. Self-reproach for supposed inadequacy or wrongdoing.

tr.v.   guilt·ed, guilt·ing, guilts
To make or try to make (someone) feel guilty.

[Middle English gilt, from Old English gylt, crime.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: guilt
Function: noun
Etymology: Old English gylt delinquency
: the fact of having committed an offense esp. against the law guilt> —compare INNOCENCE
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: guilt
Pronunciation: 'gilt
Function: noun
: feelings of culpability especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy : morbid self-reproach often manifest in marked preoccupation with the moral correctness of one's behavior guilt and uncertainty>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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