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Antonyms for guilt

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gilt
Phonetic Transcription : gɪlt

Definition of guilt

Origin :
  • Old English gylt "crime, sin, fault, fine," of unknown origin, though some suspect a connection to Old English gieldan "to pay for, debt," but OED editors find this "inadmissible phonologically." The mistaken use for "sense of guilt" is first recorded 1680s. Guilt by association recorded by 1919.
  • noun blame; bad conscience over responsibility
Example sentences :
  • If Ben was morally guilty, he was forced into his guilt by law and general custom.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • It was only by an effort that he shook off the vague feeling of guilt.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • He put his whole will into the assertion of guilt, to batter down the man's resistance.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • But Uncle Lucien was so certain of the boy's guilt that he mistook his pride for impudence.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • Whatever tends to extenuate the guilt of other sins, is an aggravation of this.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • It arose from a consciousness of guilt, and a dread of merited punishment.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Uneasily, and troubled with its dream of guilt, the nation sleeps on.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • How can you raise the child of destitution and guilt to your own rank?
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The signs, which certainly did look like signs of guilt, struck a knell on the heart of his father.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Then why—if I am to believe you—have assumed the aspect of guilt, which you certainly have done?
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Synonyms for guilt

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