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   guilty

   /ˈɡɪlti/

   adjective

   • 1. culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing: "he was found guilty of manslaughter" Similar culpableto blameblameworthyblameableat faultin the wrongresponsibleanswerableaccountableliablecensurablereproachablecondemnablereprehensibleerringerrantdelinquentoffendingsinfulfeloniousiniquitouscriminalconvictedarchaic:peccantOpposite innocent
   • ▪ justly chargeable with a particular fault or error: "she was guilty of a serious error of judgement"
   • ▪ conscious of, affected by, or revealing a feeling of guilt: "he felt guilty about the way he had treated her" Similar ashamedguilt-riddenconscience-strickenremorsefulsorryregretfulcontriterepentantpenitentruefulabashedshamefacedsheepishhangdogmortifieddiscomfiteddistresseduncomfortablein sackcloth and ashesinformal:with one's tail between one's legsrare:compunctiousOpposite unrepentant
   • ▪ causing a feeling of guilt: "a guilty secret"

   Word Origin Old Englishgyltig (see guilt, -y1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. guiltily adverb
   • 2. guiltiness noun

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   What does guilt mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! GUILTY definition: 1. feeling guilt: 2. responsible for breaking a law: 3. the person who has done something wrong…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean to be guilty?

   • Guilt, in the Scripture, is the respect of sin unto the sanction of the law, whereby the sinner becomes obnoxious unto punishment; and to be guilty is to be hupodikos tō Theō;— liable unto punishment for sin from God, as the supreme lawgiver and judge of all.

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   Who is guilty?

   • By the end of this essay, everybody - or nobody - is guilty. Although the soldiers were found guilty in this case, it would be another six months before authorities acknowledged any link between the two cases. However, our point is not simply to name the guilty parties, but to show how seductive the notion of a single music industry is.

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   Is a person guilty of a crime?

   • According to the criminal law, and according to ever yday morality, he is not guilty of a crime. He is merely shown mercy, but the act is still prohibited, and he is still guilty. Punishing the innocent is always wrong, but it is especially wrong to punish the innocent for the deeds of the guilty.

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   Someone guilty has done something wrong or illegal. And when you do something wrong, you feel guilty — bad or sorry — about it. The police are responsible for finding out who’s guilty of a crime so they can be arrested, convicted, and punished.

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