guilt
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- pronunciation:
- gIlt
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Homophone Note, Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
the fact of having committed a crime, misdeed, or other offense.
- synonyms:
- culpability
- antonyms:
- guiltlessness, innocence
- similar words:
- blame, criminality, responsibility, wrongdoing
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definition 2: |
a feeling of remorse or responsibility for real or imagined misdeeds.
- synonyms:
- compunction, contrition, penitence, regret, remorse, repentance
- antonyms:
- unrepentance
- similar words:
- responsibility
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related words: |
compunction, fault |
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gilt (a past tense and past participle of "gild")?
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gilt sound alike but have different meanings.