guiltiness
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guilt·y
(gĭl′tē)adj. guilt·i·er, guilt·i·est
1.
a. Responsible for a reprehensible act; culpable.
b. Law Found to have violated a criminal law by a jury or judge.
c. Deserving blame, as for an error: guilty of misjudgment.
2. Suffering from or prompted by a sense of guilt: a guilty conscience.
3. Suggesting or entailing guilt: a guilty smirk; a guilty secret.
guilt′i·ly adv.
guilt′i·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | guiltiness - the state of having committed an offense condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" bloodguilt - the state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder complicity - guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense guilt by association - the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty impeachability, indictability - the state of being liable to impeachment |
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غير مُذْنِب
provinilost
skyld
sekt
previnilosť
guiltiness
n → Schuld f; (of look, smile, silence) → Schuldbewusstsein nt
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guilt
(gilt) noun1. a sense of shame. a feeling of guilt.
2. the state of having done wrong. Fingerprints proved the murderer's guilt.
ˈguilty adjective having, feeling, or causing guilt. The jury found the prisoner guilty; a guilty conscience.
ˈguiltiness nounˈguiltily adverb
He looked at his mother guiltily.
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