GUILT

Guilt

Guilt is a cognitive or an emotional experience that occurs when a person realizes or believes—accurately or not—that he or she has compromised his or her own standards of conduct or has violated a moral standard, and bears significant responsibility for that violation. It is closely related to the concept of remorse.

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guilt

Noun

  1. Responsibility for wrongdoing.
  2. Awareness of having done wrong.
  3. The fact of having done wrong.
  4. The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.

Verb

  1. To commit offenses; act criminally.
  2. To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.
    He didn't want to do it, but his wife guilted him into it.


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