guiltiness

  • 61guilt — {{11}}guilt (n.) O.E. gylt crime, sin, fault, fine, of unknown origin, though some suspect a connection to O.E. gieldan to pay for, debt, but OED editors find this inadmissible phonologically. The mistaken use for sense of guilt is first recorded …

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  • 62culpa — n. (Latin) guilt, guiltiness, fault, quality of being worthy of blame …

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  • 63culpae — n. (Latin) guilt, guiltiness, fault, quality of being worthy of blame …

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  • 64shamefacedness — n. state of being ashamed, humiliation, guiltiness; shyness, bashfulness …

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  • 65guilty — adjective (guiltier, guiltiest) 1》 (often guilty of) culpable of a specified wrongdoing.     ↘justly chargeable with a particular fault or error. 2》 having or showing a feeling of guilt: a guilty conscience. Derivatives guiltily adverb guiltiness …

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  • 66criminality — n. Guiltiness, guilt, culpability …

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  • 67guilt — n. 1. Criminality, guiltiness, culpability. 2. Wrong, iniquity, wickedness, offensiveness, ill desert …

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  • 68guilty — / gIlti/ adjective guiltier, guiltiest 1 ASHAMED feeling very ashamed and sad because you have done something that you know is wrong (+ about): I feel really guilty about forgetting her birthday again. | guilty conscience: My guilty conscience… …

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  • 69guilt — noun 1) the proof of his guilt Syn: culpability, guiltiness, blameworthiness; wrongdoing, wrong, criminality, misconduct, sin Ant: innocence 2) a terrible feeling of guilt Syn …

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  • 70criticize — criticize, reprehend, blame, censure, reprobate, condemn, denounce are comparable when they mean to find fault with someone or something openly, often publicly, and with varying degrees of severity. Criticize in its basic sense does not carry… …

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