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- Dictionaryguilt/ɡɪlt/
noun
- 1. the fact of having committed a specified or implied offence or crime: "it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the prisoner's guilt" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. make (someone) feel guilty, especially in order to induce them to do something: informal "Celeste had been guilted into going by her parents"
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the fact or state of having done something wrong or committed a crime: In the US, people accused of a crime are presumed to be innocent until their guilt is proven. Guilt is also a feeling of anxiety or unhappiness that you have done something immoral or wrong, such as causing harm to another person:
The meaning of GUILT is the fact of having committed a breach of conduct especially violating law and involving a penalty; broadly : guilty conduct. How to use guilt in a sentence.
the fact or state of having done something wrong or committed a crime: In the US, people accused of a crime are presumed to be innocent until their guilt is proven. Guilt is also a feeling of anxiety or unhappiness that you have done something immoral or wrong, such as causing harm to another person:
Guilt is an unhappy feeling that you have because you have done something wrong or think that you have done something wrong. Her emotions had ranged from anger to guilt in the space of a few seconds. Some cancer patients experience strong feelings of guilt.
Guilt definition: the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability. See examples of GUILT used in a sentence.
n. 1. the fact or state of having done wrong or committed an offence. 2. (Law) 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]
You experience guilt when you feel bad about doing something wrong or committing some offense. Guilt is also the state of having committed the offense — it's the opposite of "innocence." The noun guilt stems from the Old English word gylt, meaning "crime, sin, fault, or fine."
guilt (about something) the unhappy feelings caused by knowing or thinking that you have done something 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) Extra Examples. Topics Feelings c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability: He admitted his guilt. a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined.
the strong feeling of shame that you feel when you have done something wrong: He was overcome with guilt over what he had done. guilt noun [U] (ILLEGAL) B2. the fact that someone has done something illegal: The prosecution must convince the jury of his guilt. guilt noun [U] (WRONG) the responsibility for doing something bad.
