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guilt

//ɡɪlt//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for guilt

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
guilts

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
guilt
past (v2)
guilted
past participle (v3)
guilted
present participle
guilting
3rd person singular
guilts

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.Responsibility for wrongdoing.

  2. 2.Regret for having done wrong.

  3. 3.The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.(informal)

    • He didn't want to do it, but his wife guilted him into it.
    • Shame based parents would have guilted him for expressing anger.
    • We don't have to be manipulated, guilted, coerced, or forced into anything.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3831

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

From Middle English gilt, gult, from Old English gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”), of obscure origin.

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