1
as in remorse
a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing
he was wracked with guilt after he accidentally broke his sister's antique grandfather clock
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as in blame
responsibility for wrongdoing or failure
the chief financial officer was saddled with the guilt for the company's failure
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Recent Examples of guilt
Despite his guilt, Viktor accused the U.N. of covering up American involvement.
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Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
The drug charge was continued without a finding of guilt.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
Biden stated that is not an admission of guilt or acknowledgment of any wrongdoing by his family members.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
Any acceptance could be seen as a tacit admission of guilt or wrongdoing, validating years of attacks by Trump and his supporters.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
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Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
The drug charge was continued without a finding of guilt.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
Biden stated that is not an admission of guilt or acknowledgment of any wrongdoing by his family members.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
Any acceptance could be seen as a tacit admission of guilt or wrongdoing, validating years of attacks by Trump and his supporters.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for guilt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guilt
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Germany, a country that for decades has been expressing remorse for the nation’s crimes under Adolf Hitler, will be represented by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.—
Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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The judge, Janet Bond Arterton, reduced Peeler’s federal sentence from 35 years to 15 years but declined to immediately release him from prison after federal prosecutors and Clarke’s family members pointed out that Peeler had never expressed remorse for the 1999 murders in Bridgeport.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
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The apparent acceptance of responsibility is a departure from past lawsuits, where government agencies are ultra-cautious about liability and assigning blame, Green said.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 2025
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The Safety Board will not find blame in the DCA crash.—
Matthew L. Wald,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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His regrets about enabling intrusive advertising and warnings about internet censorship and monopolies provide valuable insights into the challenges of building a more equitable online world.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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But for others, regret can serve as a powerful guide.—
Dr. Jordan Grumet, Contributor,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2025
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Of course, that's assuming that any independent investigation of the crisis doesn't point culpability in Newsom's direction for governance and preparedness failures.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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His attorney, Erica Wolff, issued a statement on Oct. 1 denying his culpability in the upcoming wave of suits.—
William Earl,
Variety,
13 Jan. 2025
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Might the title speak to a shame the exhibition itself sought to overcome?—
Richard Meyer,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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West’s hellfire-and-locust symbolism parodied biblical judgment, but such shame no longer applies to current secular permissiveness or the progressive ideology in Marxist writer Mike Davis’s City of Quartz (1990), famous for its subversive condemnation of Los Angeles’s capitalist elitism.—
Armond White,
National Review,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Guilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guilt. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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