Synonyms for guilt
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1. guilt

   Sin is any lack of holiness, any defect of moral purity and truth, whether in heart or life, whether of commission or omission. "All unrighteousness is sin," 1 John v, 17. Transgression, as its etymology indicates, is the stepping over a specific enactment, whether of God or man, ordinarily by overt act, but in the broadest sense, in volition or desire. Sin may be either act or state; transgression is always an act, mental or physical. Crime is often used for a flagrant violation of right, but in the technical sense denotes specific violation of human law. Guilt is desert of and exposure to punishment because of sin. Depravity denotes not any action, but a perverted moral condition from which any act of sin may proceed. Sin in the generic sense, as denoting a state of heart, is synonymous with depravity; in the specific sense, as in the expression a sin, the term may be synonymous with transgression, crime, offense, misdeed, etc., or may denote some moral activity that could not be characterized by terms so positive. Immorality denotes outward violation of the moral law. Sin is thus the broadest word, and immorality next in scope; all crimes, properly so called, and all immoralities, are sins; but there may be sin, as ingratitude, which is neither crime, transgression, nor immorality; and there may be immorality which is not crime, as falsehood. Compare CRIMINAL.

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   Synonyms:
   crime, criminality, delinquency, depravity, evil, fault, ill-doing, immorality, iniquity, misdeed, offense, sin, transgression, ungodliness, unrighteousness, vice, viciousness, wickedness, wrong, wrong-doing

   Antonyms:
   blamelessness, excellence, godliness, goodness, holiness, innocence, integrity, morality, purity, rectitude, right, righteousness, sinlessness, uprightness, virtue

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1. guilt

   Synonyms:
   criminality, sin, offence, culpability

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1. guilt, guiltinessnoun

   the state of having committed an offense

   Synonyms:
   guilt trip, guilty conscience, guilt feelings, guiltiness

   Antonyms:
   innocence

2. guilt, guilty conscience, guilt feelings, guilt tripnoun

   remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense

   Synonyms:
   guilt trip, guilty conscience, guilt feelings, guiltiness

   Antonyms:
   innocence

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1. entschuldigen

   a new approach to what was hastily handled, more inline to the actuality.

   an attitudinal difference from her reaction after considering the nuisances

   Submitted by greenwriter60 on March 30, 2019  

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1. guiltnoun

   Synonyms:
   criminality, guiltiness, culpability

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1. guiltnoun

   Synonyms:
   criminality, guiltiness, complicity, culpability, crime, wrong, offense, transgression, sin

   Antonyms:
   innocence, inculpability

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1. List of paraphrases for "guilt":

   culpability, guilty, blame, remorse, fault, culpa, conviction, culprit

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1. Pamela Anderson:

   Jealous of his sons talent and beauty from the day they were born.He is sick. The definition of narcissist/sociopath - His fianc keeps him drunk - this is what he wants - someone to behave badly with, it’s terrible and unfortunately he has made this private matter very public. I have always tried only to set record straight. Trying to paint him as not a bad guy. Just one who is human and made mistakes - He still cannot handle the guilt about his abusive behavior and has never taken responsibility for what he has done.

2. Malissa Helmandollar:

   It crossed my mind that maybe I should've taken the guns, and I didn't, it'll be a guilt that I'll never ever get away from.

3. Sarah Miller:

   They just condemn the Pawlowskis to guilt before they really understand the entirety of it.

4. Pete Ricketts:

   Catholic Church does not preclude the use of the death penalty under certain circumstances : That guilt is determined and the crime is heinous. Also, protecting society.

5. Abu Muhannad:

   It’s not a question of guilt or innocence, they want to make it a Kurdish area for themselves.