Synonyms for guilt
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1. guilt

   Sin is any lack of holiness, any defect of moral purity and truth, whether in heart or life, whether of commission or omission. "All unrighteousness is sin," 1 John v, 17. Transgression, as its etymology indicates, is the stepping over a specific enactment, whether of God or man, ordinarily by overt act, but in the broadest sense, in volition or desire. Sin may be either act or state; transgression is always an act, mental or physical. Crime is often used for a flagrant violation of right, but in the technical sense denotes specific violation of human law. Guilt is desert of and exposure to punishment because of sin. Depravity denotes not any action, but a perverted moral condition from which any act of sin may proceed. Sin in the generic sense, as denoting a state of heart, is synonymous with depravity; in the specific sense, as in the expression a sin, the term may be synonymous with transgression, crime, offense, misdeed, etc., or may denote some moral activity that could not be characterized by terms so positive. Immorality denotes outward violation of the moral law. Sin is thus the broadest word, and immorality next in scope; all crimes, properly so called, and all immoralities, are sins; but there may be sin, as ingratitude, which is neither crime, transgression, nor immorality; and there may be immorality which is not crime, as falsehood. Compare CRIMINAL.

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   Synonyms:
   crime, criminality, delinquency, depravity, evil, fault, ill-doing, immorality, iniquity, misdeed, offense, sin, transgression, ungodliness, unrighteousness, vice, viciousness, wickedness, wrong, wrong-doing

   Antonyms:
   blamelessness, excellence, godliness, goodness, holiness, innocence, integrity, morality, purity, rectitude, right, righteousness, sinlessness, uprightness, virtue

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1. guilt

   Synonyms:
   criminality, sin, offence, culpability

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1. guilt, guiltinessnoun

   the state of having committed an offense

   Synonyms:
   guilt trip, guilty conscience, guilt feelings, guiltiness

   Antonyms:
   innocence

2. guilt, guilty conscience, guilt feelings, guilt tripnoun

   remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense

   Synonyms:
   guilt trip, guilty conscience, guilt feelings, guiltiness

   Antonyms:
   innocence

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1. entschuldigen

   a new approach to what was hastily handled, more inline to the actuality.

   an attitudinal difference from her reaction after considering the nuisances

   Submitted by greenwriter60 on March 30, 2019  

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1. guiltnoun

   Synonyms:
   criminality, guiltiness, culpability

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1. guiltnoun

   Synonyms:
   criminality, guiltiness, complicity, culpability, crime, wrong, offense, transgression, sin

   Antonyms:
   innocence, inculpability

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1. List of paraphrases for "guilt":

   culpability, guilty, blame, remorse, fault, culpa, conviction, culprit

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How to use guilt in a sentence?

1. Rotea Gilford:

   He's having difficulty with his sexuality, he's probably ashamed of what he's doing. Homosexuality has never been accepted in the black community. ... The guilt he is experiencing causes him to want to erase the acts he's committed.

2. Tom Dening:

   Some degree of guilt is so often present in normal bereavement -- we usually think of things that we might have done or said differently -- but it is likely to be exaggerated with Covid-19, our experience is going to be complicated by the fact that we may feel that our loved one has died isolated and unsupported by us.

3. Eric Sarasin spokesman:

   Eric Sarasin will pay a low six-figure amount. This payment does not represent a fine, nor does it imply any admission of guilt.

4. Mark Pomerantz:

   Every single member of the prosecution team thought that his guilt was established.

5. Cathy Guisewite:

   Mothers, food, love, and career, the four major guilt groups.