 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
guilt
noun
1: the state of having committed an offense [syn: {guiltiness}]
[ant: {innocence}]
2: remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offence [syn:
{guilty conscience}, {guilt feelings}, {guilt trip}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Guilt \Guilt\ (g[i^]lt), noun [OE. gilt, gult, AS. gylt, crime;
probably originally signifying, the fine or mulct paid for an
offence, and afterward the offense itself, and akin to AS.
gieldan to pay, E. yield. See {Yield}, verb (used with an object)]
1. The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment
resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from
morally wrong action; the state of one who has broken a
moral or political law; crime; criminality; offense
against right.
Satan had not answer, but stood struck
With guilt of his own sin. --Milton.
2. Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.
A ship incurs guilt by the violation of a blockade.
--Kent.
3. A feeling of regret or remorse for having committed some
improper act; a recognition of one's own responsibility
for doing something wrong. ''Depression is often rooted in
guilt which has not been dealt with in an appropriate
way.'' ''Guilt is a natural and appropriate consequence to
a wrong action.''
[PJC]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "guilt":
blame, blameworthiness, contriteness, contrition, crime,
criminality, culpability, fault, feloniousness, guiltiness,
misconduct, offense, onus, regret, remorse, repentance,
responsibility, self-condemnation, self-reproach, shame, sin,
sinfulness, sorrow, wrongdoing
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