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
Why Dogs Only Look Guilty While Nova’s antics may seem like a textbook case of canine guilt, scientists say her behavior tells a different story.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Silvia faces the trauma of having been poisoned and closely manipulated, while Isabela deals with the aftermath of the accident and the blackmail, struggling with her guilt and the ongoing challenges of her addiction, though she is never taken into custody.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Working Through Mom Guilt Still, like many working parents, the businesswoman has dealt with mom guilt and is learning that prioritizing her schedule helps.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 24 Sep. 2025
Emotionally savvy parents can discern between these two types of guilt.
—Juli Fraga, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Silvia faces the trauma of having been poisoned and closely manipulated, while Isabela deals with the aftermath of the accident and the blackmail, struggling with her guilt and the ongoing challenges of her addiction, though she is never taken into custody.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Working Through Mom Guilt Still, like many working parents, the businesswoman has dealt with mom guilt and is learning that prioritizing her schedule helps.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 24 Sep. 2025
Emotionally savvy parents can discern between these two types of guilt.
—Juli Fraga, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guilt
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Before Hellerstein imposed the sentence, Javice stood to express remorse and to apologize.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Elsewhere in the doc, Walt Weiss, a former detective for the Murphy Police Department who participated in the Conradt sting, shares his remorse over the situation.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Sep. 2025
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Xcel and plaintiffs’ attorneys announced the settlement Wednesday, just one day before the start of jury selection in a two-month civil trial to determine blame for the 2021 wildfire that killed two people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Boulder County.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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Somehow, though, in the war of words, college students tend to get the blame.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Across his many years in the entertainment industry, Glen Powell doesn't have many regrets — save for one decades-old reality TV appearance.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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In between clips of the film subject’s standup sets, Dustin, who’s rarely seen without a drink or a cigarette, talks about his and his father’s bipolar depression, his struggle with alcohol and regrets he’s harbored throughout his life.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
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Khan, who led the agency in bringing the lawsuit against Amazon, suggested that the FTC had absolved the company of its full culpability by agreeing to settle.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
26 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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Until very recently, people who have been pregnant or given birth kept the experience to themselves; a sense of secrecy or even shame pervaded the realities of welcoming a child.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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The remorse, the sorrow, the regret, the disappointment, the shame.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Guilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guilt. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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