guilt
/ɡɪlt/ noun B1- Responsibility for wrongdoing.
- The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.
- Regret for having done wrong.
Plural guilts
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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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