English noun: guilt |
1. | guilt (state) the state of having committed an offense |
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| Synonyms | guiltiness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | condition, status |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | blameworthiness, bloodguilt, complicity, criminalism, criminality, criminalness, culpability, culpableness, guilt by association, impeachability, indictability |
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| Antonyms | innocence |
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2. | guilt (feeling) remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense |
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| Synonyms | guilt feelings, guilt trip, guilty conscience |
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| Broader (hypernym) | compunction, remorse, self-reproach |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | survivor guilt |
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