guilt

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guilt [guilt guilts] noun, verb BrE [ɡɪlt] NAmE [ɡɪlt]
noun uncountable
1. ~ (about sth) the unhappy feelings caused by knowing or thinking that you have done sth wrong
•She had feelings of guilt about leaving her children and going to work.
•Many survivors were left with a sense of guilt.
•a guilt complex (= an exaggerated sense of ↑guilt )
2. the fact that sb has done sth illegal
•His guilt was proved beyond all doubt by the prosecution.
•an admission of guilt
Opp: ↑innocence
3. blame or responsibility for doing sth wrong or for sth bad that has happened
•The investigation will try to find out where the guilt for the disaster really lies.

Word Origin:
Old English gylt, of unknown origin.

Thesaurus:
guilt noun U
•The next day she was consumed by guilt.
shame • • regret • • remorse •
guilt/shame/regret/remorse at sth
guilt/regret/remorse over sth
feel (no) guilt/shame/regret/remorse
Guilt or shame? You feel guilt when you have done sth you believe to be wrong; you feel shame when other people know that you have done sth wrong or stupid
•He could not bear the guilt of knowing it was his fault.
• He could not bear the shame of his family knowing what he had done.


Example Bank:
•He had no feelings of guilt over what he had done.
•I knew that the next day I would be consumed with guilt.
•I took his silence as an admission of guilt.
•It helped him bear the guilt he felt.
•It might be difficult to prove his guilt.
•Many of the accused would deny their guilt to the magistrates.
•She was trying to lay a guilt trip on me.
•Talking to her helped to assuage my guilt.
•There is no doubt as to where the guilt lies.
•These actions are merely intended to assuage white liberal guilt.
•They feel a sense of collective guilt for the Holocaust.
•You needn't feel any guilt about me.
•the burden of guilt that she carried with her
•Do you think this statement amounts to an admission of guilt?
•It's important to differentiate between a healthy conscience and a guilt complex.
•Many survivors were left with a sense of guilt.
Idiom: ↑guilt trip
Derived Word: ↑guiltless
Derived: ↑guilt somebody into into doing something
 
verb
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Word Origin:
Old English gylt, of unknown origin.