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guilty
adjective
-
guilty
,
guiltier
,
guiltiest
having
done
something
wrong
or
against
the
law
•
The
jury
declared
the
suspect
guilty
after
reviewing
the
evidence
.
The
jury
declared
the
suspect
guilty
after
reviewing
the
evidence
.
•
Security
cameras
proved
the
teenager
was
guilty
of
shoplifting
.
Security
cameras
proved
the
teenager
was
guilty
of
shoplifting
.
From
Old
English
gyltig
(“
offending
,
delinquent
”),
from
gylt
(“
crime
,
sin
”)
+
-y
.
adjective
-
guilty
,
guiltier
,
guiltiest
feeling
ashamed
or
sorry
because
you
have
done
something
wrong
•
Mia
felt
guilty
for
forgetting
her
best
friend's
birthday
.
Mia
felt
guilty
for
forgetting
her
best
friend's
birthday
.
•
I
always
feel
guilty
when
I
eat
cake
late
at
night
.
I
always
feel
guilty
when
I
eat
cake
late
at
night
.
Same
origin
as
the
legal
sense
,
extended
to
the
feeling
of
having
done
wrong
.
guilt
noun
-
guilt
a
painful
feeling
of
regret
or
responsibility
for
a
mistake
or
wrong
action
•
She
felt
deep
guilt
after
forgetting
her
friend's
birthday
.
She
felt
deep
guilt
after
forgetting
her
friend's
birthday
.
•
A
look
of
guilt
flashed
across
his
face
when
the
vase
broke
.
A
look
of
guilt
flashed
across
his
face
when
the
vase
broke
.
Old
English
gylt
,
originally
meaning
‘
offence
,
crime
’,
later
developing
the
sense
of
the
feeling
accompanying
an
offence
.
noun
-
guilt
the
fact
or
state
of
having
broken
a
law
or
committed
a
wrongdoing
•
The
jury
had
to
decide
the
defendant's
guilt
beyond
a
reasonable
doubt
.
The
jury
had
to
decide
the
defendant's
guilt
beyond
a
reasonable
doubt
.
•
Evidence
of
his
fingerprints
established
his
guilt
.
Evidence
of
his
fingerprints
established
his
guilt
.
Originally
signifying
‘
crime
’
in
Old
English
,
the
word
kept
its
legal
sense
even
as
its
emotive
sense
developed
.
