guilt

[ɡɪlt]

Definition:
1. The state of having committed an offense.
2. Remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offence.

Use 'guilt' in a sentence:

1. He was shocked into a confession of guilt.
2. Some cancer patients experience strong feelings of guilt.
3. Her behaviour is tied up with her feelings of guilt.
4. The associative guilt was ingrained in his soul.
5. Stop laying a guilt trip on me.
6. He refused to admit his guilt.
7. He stoutly denied his guilt.
8. Guilt was written all over his face.
9. She was ridden with guilt.
10. She wanted some admission of guilt from her father.
11. His creative drive has been strangled by his sense of political guilt.
12. Her emotions had ranged from anger to guilt in the space of a few seconds.
13. Feelings of guilt seared him.
14. Many survivors were left with a sense of guilt.
15. For a moment she felt a pang of guilt about the way she was treating him.
16. She had feelings of guilt about leaving her children and going to work.
17. Love and guilt form the substance of his new book.
18. Nothing could purge the guilt from her mind.
19. For years she was haunted by guilt.
20. He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt.
21. The trial is concerned only with the determination of guilt according to criminal law.
22. She was overwhelmed by feelings of guilt.
23. The investigation will try to find out where the guilt for the disaster really lies.
24. She was pierced to the heart with guilt.
25. In the first week of January, thousands of guilt-ridden people signed up for fitness courses or embarked on diets.
26. His guilt was proved beyond all doubt by the prosecution.
27. Carolyn was consumed with guilt.
28. The company's silence on the subject has been taken as an admission of guilt.
29. We must presume innocence until we have proof of guilt.
30. Her disappearance and death would give proof enough of Charles' guilt.
31. They feel shame and guilt as though it is their fault.
32. The burden of guilt weighed heavily on his mind.
33. He is weighed down with guilt.
34. A feeling of guilt began to stir in her.
35. We have abundant evidence to prove his guilt.
36. We're so laden with guilt.
37. New evidence has cast doubt on the guilt of the man jailed for the crime.
38. The defendants decide to admit their guilt, but insist that there are extenuating circumstances.
39. When your child is struggling for life, you feel this overwhelming sense of guilt.
40. Guilt is the secret weapon for the control of children.