1
as in remorse
a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing
he was wracked with guilt after he accidentally broke his sister's antique grandfather clock
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as in blame
responsibility for wrongdoing or failure
the chief financial officer was saddled with the guilt for the company's failure
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Recent Examples of guilt
Phrases repeat like gestures in a dance; characters turn on a wheel of love, resentment, guilt, longing, and love again.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Colette Watson continued to fly for Eastern afterward but was haunted by survivor’s guilt, her daughter said.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Silver might be comforted by the fact that even many liberals who had fled for Bluesky seem to be embracing X-ism once more, creeping back onto the platform with a certain furtive guilt.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
After any potential hearing, Robinson would issue a decision regarding guilt and the severity of the discipline.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Colette Watson continued to fly for Eastern afterward but was haunted by survivor’s guilt, her daughter said.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Silver might be comforted by the fact that even many liberals who had fled for Bluesky seem to be embracing X-ism once more, creeping back onto the platform with a certain furtive guilt.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
After any potential hearing, Robinson would issue a decision regarding guilt and the severity of the discipline.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guilt
Noun
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In a sentencing order, the judge said Martinez’s refusal to express remorse for his criminal conduct closed off the judge’s ability to deliver a sentence lower than the 34 months requested by prosecutors.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
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And although Abe offered remorse for Japan’s war crimes at a summit in Indonesia in 2015, the following day three of his cabinet ministers visited the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, a memorial to Japan’s war dead and widely seen as a symbol of its militarism.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jimmy Kimmel addressed the shooting death of Charlie Kirk on his ABC late night show on Thursday, this time calling out Donald Trump‘s casting of blame on the rhetoric of the left.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Kremlin, meanwhile, has also cast blame on Europe for creating obstacles to peace.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Israel-Premier Tech expressed its regret following the event, which resulted in the cancellation of the race’s finale and traditional podium ceremony.—
Pau Mosquera,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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One taught me about living and dying; the other taught me about envy and regret.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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But unlike the billions of other web-using inhabitants of planet Earth, the 72-year-old Canter feels an ever-so-slight twinge of culpability for all that digital junk that rockets across the internet each day.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Naming an interstate war based on the state in which the war is fought – while omitting the name of outside instigators – implies the culpability of that state.—
Esther Brito Ruiz,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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There is no shame in a nonlinear path, no imperfection in a winding career.—
Barbara Wittmann,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes, when patients and doctors shame insurers online, denials get overturned.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Guilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guilt. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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