Other Definitions guilt (enc)
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Guilt| Noun | 1. | guilt - the state of having committed an offensecondition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" bloodguilt - the state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder complicity - guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense guilt by association - the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty innocence - a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; "the trial established his innocence" | | | 2. | guilt - remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offencesurvivor guilt - a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died; "survivor guilt was first noted in those who survived the Holocaust" | |
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