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
Self-blame or guilt over feeling betrayed or for investing emotionally.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
The guilt that initially accompanied these choices quickly gave way to a sense of empowerment.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 2 June 2025
These painful, often lethal, experiences sought to determine the guilt or innocence of an individual.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2025
An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt:
A 23-year-old woman from Peoria was arrested on charges of burglary and retail theft at 4:42 p.m. May 21 at North Washington Street and East Ogden Avenue.
—Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for guilt
Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
The guilt that initially accompanied these choices quickly gave way to a sense of empowerment.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 2 June 2025
These painful, often lethal, experiences sought to determine the guilt or innocence of an individual.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2025
An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt:
A 23-year-old woman from Peoria was arrested on charges of burglary and retail theft at 4:42 p.m. May 21 at North Washington Street and East Ogden Avenue.
—Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guilt
Noun
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Marc Lasry, cofounder and CEO of Avenue Capital Group and the former co-owner of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, didn’t express any seller’s remorse for cashing out his stake in the Bucks at a $3.5 billion valuation in 2023, even as the Boston Celtics sold in a deal worth more than $6 billion this year.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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The accents of remorse are elliptical, inarticulate.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
Noun
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In other words, many of their go-to argument tactics are riddled with errors that are designed to deflect blame and derail conversations.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Surviving family and friends suffered the injustice of the blame being put on Liverpool fans.—
Julia Andersen,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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His ability to write across the ensemble turns the family into an unforgettable organism, pulsing with sadness and regret and a small, late-breaking surge of scrappy resilience.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 June 2025
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Our only regret is that it wasn’t imposed many years ago when others like Vickrey or Mayors John Lindsay or Mike Bloomberg proposed it.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2025
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Last season, viewers watched Matty Matlock go undercover at Jacobson Moore, an elite law firm in New York City, to investigate its culpability in the opioid epidemic.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
30 May 2025
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Here’s where the culpability deepens, Democratic leaders knew.—
Doug Friednash,
Denver Post,
21 May 2025
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That means having the courage to say what needs to be said—without blame, without shame and always with the intention to help.—
Jaide Massin,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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But when the nights are long and your world has shattered, just having something to talk to without shame or fear, can be the difference between falling apart and holding on.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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“Guilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guilt. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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