亚洲网紅露点

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guilt

[ gilt ]

noun

  1. the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:

    He admitted his guilt.

    Antonyms:

  2. a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined.
  3. conduct involving the commission of such crimes, wrongs, etc.:

    to live a life of guilt.

    Synonyms:



verb (used with object)

Informal.
  1. to cause to feel guilty (often followed by out or into ): guilt-trip.

    She totally guilted me out, dude. He guilted me into picking up the tab.

guilt

/ 伞瑟濒迟 /

noun

  1. the fact or state of having done wrong or committed an offence
  2. responsibility for a criminal or moral offence deserving punishment or a penalty
  3. remorse or self-reproach caused by feeling that one is responsible for a wrong or offence
  4. archaic.
    sin or crime
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 苍辞苍路驳耻颈濒迟顎 noun
  • 辫谤别路驳耻颈濒迟顎 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of guilt1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English gilt, Old English gylt 鈥涣蹿蹿别苍蝉别鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of guilt1

Old English gylt, of obscure origin
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It's why Dr Bradley lasted only three months after quitting before "guilt" drove her back to the practice.

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Before imprisoning people, including noncitizens, the government is required under the Constitution to charge the defendants with a crime and to prove their guilt in a jury trial, he said.

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They responded by blaming his 鈥渨hite guilt鈥 for 鈥渢housands more Austin Metcalfs.鈥

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He said he accepted Akins's remorse was genuine, but said his failure to admit his guilt at an earlier stage prolonged Mrs Daniel's "heartache and grief".

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His attorneys tried to exclude his confession on the grounds that he made it involuntarily, tortured by religious guilt.

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