GUILT Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

guilt

noun

ˈgilt

Definition of guilt

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 Have you ever been charged or convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, including an adjudication of guilt withheld? — Susan Starkey, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 The elderly driver, consumed by guilt, signs his house over to Yu Jie and covers his medical and living costs each month. — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 Nacer is quite good at variations of patriarchal obliviousness, and Pebdani suffuses her women with streaks of guilt. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026 The final two defendants accused of participating in South Florida developer Sergio Pino’s plot to kill his estranged wife have pleaded guilty in Miami federal court, bringing the number of men who have admitted guilt in the case to nine. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guilt

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Noun

The judge also weighed mitigating factors, including that Molloy was experiencing difficult personal circumstances, stopped of his own volition and had shown genuine remorse.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors sharply disputed that portrayal, arguing Flynn has never accepted responsibility or shown genuine remorse.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of remorse

Noun

However, desperate to enjoy all the benefits of her unconventional and self-serving situation, without shouldering any of the blame, Uta proposes that Morio be the donor for Junna’s child, and that all three of them move in together.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
On message boards and on call-in shows, Lewis, who turned 19 late last month, has shouldered much of the blame.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of blame

Noun

There is nothing left in the tank, and there are no regrets in my heart.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
What galls, perhaps, is less the accident itself than the absence of a person stepping out from behind the wheel, having a human experience of horror and regret.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of regret

Noun

The question is whether the media will ever learn from their mistakes or answer for their culpability.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Prevailing xenophobic notions of the time would have insisted on Bridget’s culpability, particularly when Irish women were seen as more likely to be able to swing an ax than leisurely ladies like Lizzie.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026