Feeling worried or unhappy because you have done something wrong, such as causing harm to… If you’re guilty, it means you were responsible for doing something wrong, especially a crime If you’re found guilty, it means a jury has officially decided that you committed a crime. Having committed an offense, crime, or wrong, esp Against moral or penal law To be found guilty of murder
Characterized by, connected with, or involving guilt Having or showing a sense of guilt Having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, esp Against morals or against the law The jury found the defendant guilty of murder Having or showing a feeling of guilt:[before a noun] a guilty conscience.
Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Guilt is the obligation of a person who has violated a moral standard to bear the sanctions imposed by that moral standard In legal terms, guilt means having been found to have violated a criminal law, [1] though the law also raises 'the issue of defences, pleas, the mitigation of offences, and the defeasibility of claims' If you feel guilty, you feel unhappy because you think that you have done something wrong or have failed to do something which you should have done I feel so guilty, leaving all this to you When she saw me she looked guilty.
Some common synonyms of guilty are blamable, blameworthy, and culpable While all these words mean deserving reproach or punishment, guilty implies responsibility for or consciousness of crime, sin, or, at the least, grave error or misdoing. The jury found her guilty (= decided that she was guilty of a crime) They found him guilty of murder.
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