guilt
/ɡɪlt/ verb C2- To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour. · He didn't want to do it, but his wife guilted him into it.
He/she/it guilts · Past guilted · Past participle guilted · -ing form guilting
Verb forms
- Base form
- guilt
- He/she/it
- guilts
- Past
- guilted
- Past participle
- guilted
- -ing form
- guilting
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This timidity, which might proceed from the astonishment of innocence as well as the shame of guilt, conciliated some in his favor; for men who are truly generous are always ready to compassionate when the misfortune of their enemy surpasses the limits of their hatred.
“Then again, if a woman and her lover conspire to murder a husband, are they going to advertise their guilt by ostentatiously removing his wedding ring after his death?
“You are sure of his guilt, then?”
“That _proves_ his guilt,” said the Queen.
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