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Meanings of guilt in English

Portuguese
culpa
Catalan
culpabilitat
Spanish
culpabilidad

Remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense.

culpa
Russian
вина
Spanish
culpable
Catalan
culpa

State of being legally responsible for the commission of an offense.

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вина
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Examples for "guilty"
Examples for "guilty"
1
His history makes the adage 'innocent until proven guilty' a mute point.
News.com.au
2
Photo: .guilty Approach your average American and say you enjoy board games.
Wired
3
Zwerko was arrested days later, and later that month, Post pleaded guilty.
Reuters
4
Prisoners were sent there who were guilty of 'crimes against the state'.
The draining lake
5
Hold accountable those guilty of the mismanagement of government and public funds.
The South African
1
However this may go to extenuate the offence, it does not take from it its legal guilt.
The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa...
2
Both are necessary to constitute legal guilt, and on the prevalent theory of moral guilt and punishment both are necessary to make up criminal conduct.
Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
Portuguese
culpa
Catalan
culpabilitat
Spanish
culpabilidad

The state of having committed an offense.

culpa

Awareness of having done wrong and feeling bad about it.

Usage of guilt in English
1
I wrote recently about unjustified guilt felt by victims of child abuse.
The Irish Times
2
Some might suspect a rearguard action at work; anthropomorphic guilt by association.
The Guardian
3
Devlin felt a strange guilt at adding to the already complex situation.
Radiant Shadows
4
There's a different quality to his voice now: haunted, saturated with guilt.
The Girl on the Train
5
I learned a long time ago that guilt will never stop me.
Desert places: a novel of terror
6
While Romulus' guilt remained strong, he felt the same way about destiny.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
7
Simpson's guilt or innocence is pretty much a closed case these days.
Wired
8
Tells how soon after the conflict started guilt became evident in Israel.
The new yorker
9
Bill also felt a certain guilt with regard to his younger brother.
Honor thy father
10
My strength might be broken in court and their guilt thus exposed.
A Time of Changes
11
It perpetuates violence, guilt and control over those not of the norm.
Ebony
12
Consume the lowest products of pop culture with no sense of guilt.
The Guardian
13
When directed to violence by someone else, he suffered no such guilt.
The bricklayer
14
Of course, she would not admit even the possibility of his guilt.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
15
But the infection of guilt is first of all in the reason.
Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
16
I'm not really in the mood to feel more guilt right now.
Insurgent
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Common
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