1. The state of having committed an offence
   "His guilt was evident in his nervous behaviour";
   - guiltiness
    
2. Remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offence
   "His guilt kept him awake at night"; "His mother's guilt trip made him feel terrible about missing the family dinner";
   - guilty conscience, guilt feelings, guilt trip

1. Make someone feel guilty, esp. in order to obtain favour
   "She tried to guilt her friends into helping her move";
   - guilt-trip

Sounds like: guilds, giuilt

Derived forms: guilts, guilting, guilted

Type of: compunction, condition, remorse, self-reproach, status

Antonym: innocence

Encyclopedia: Guilt