| NOUN | state | guilt, guiltiness | the state of having committed an offense |
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| feeling | guilt, guilty conscience, guilt feelings, guilt trip | remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense |
| Sounds | gih'lt | |
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| Rhymes | built ... wilt: 14 rhymes with ihlt... | |
| Meaning | The state of having committed an offense. | |
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| Synonym | guiltiness | |
| Narrower | blameworthiness, culpability, culpableness | A state of guilt |
| bloodguilt | The state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder | |
| complicity | guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense | |
| criminalism, criminality, criminalness | The state of being a criminal | |
| guilt by association | The attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty | |
| impeachability, indictability | The state of being liable to impeachment | |
| Broader | condition, status | A state at a particular time |
| Opposite | innocence | A state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense |
| Spanish | culpabilidad, culpa | |
| Catalan | culpabilitat, culpa | |
| Adjectives | guilty | responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act |
| Meaning | remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense. | |
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| Synonyms | guilty conscience, guilt feelings, guilt trip | |
| Narrower | survivor guilt | A deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others |
| Broader | compunction, remorse, self-reproach | A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) |
| Spanish | culpabilidad, culpa, sentimiento de culpa | |
| Catalan | culpabilitat, culpa, sentiment de culpa | |
| Adjectives | guilty | showing a sense of guilt |
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