guilt
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)
- the state of having committed an offenseSynonyms: guiltinessOpposite innocenceType of condition, statusKinds complicity, criminalism, bloodguilt, blameworthiness, guilt by association, impeachability
- remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offenseSynonyms: guilty conscienceguilt feelingsguilt tripType of compunction, remorseKinds survivor guilt
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Translations
Noun responsibility for wrongdoing
- Spanish
- culpa
- French
- culpabilité
- German
- Schuld
- Italian
- colpa
- Portuguese
- culpa
- Russian
- вина́ viná
- Arabic
- ذَنْب ḏanb
- Chinese
- 罪责 zuìzé
- Japanese
- 罪 tsumi
- Dutch
- schuld
24 more languages
- Polish
- wina
- Swedish
- skuld
- Greek
- ενοχή enochí
- Korean
- 유죄 yujoe
- Indonesian
- kesalahan
- Hungarian
- bűn
- Portuguese (PT)
- culpa
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 罪疚 zuìjiù
- Albanian
- faj
- Catalan
- culpabilitat
- Czech
- vina
- Danish
- skyld
- Esperanto
- kulpo
- Estonian
- süü
- Finnish
- syyllisyys
- Hebrew
- אַשְׁמָה ashmá
- Icelandic
- sekt
- Latvian
- vaina
- Lithuanian
- kaltė
- Norwegian
- skyld
- Romanian
- vină
- Slovenian
- krivda
- Swahili
- hatia
- Yiddish
- שולד shuld
Noun regret for having done wrong
- Spanish
- culpa
- German
- Schuldgefühl
- Italian
- senso di colpa
- Portuguese
- culpa
- Russian
- чу́вство вины́ čúvstvo viný
- Chinese
- 内疚 nèijiù
- Japanese
- 罪悪感 zaiakukan
- Dutch
- schuldgevoel
- Swedish
- skuld
- Hungarian
- bűntudat
6 more languages
- Portuguese (PT)
- culpa
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 內疚 nèijiù
- Czech
- vina
- Finnish
- syyllisyys
- Icelandic
- sektarkennd
- Latvian
- vaina
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: 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, transitive verb
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.— John Milton
2. Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.
A ship incurs guilt by the violation of a blockade.— James 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.”
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors