Find your perfect word!

Definition guilt

Etymology 1

From Middle English gilt, gult, from Old English gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”), of obscure origin. Perhaps connected with Old English ?ieldan (“to yield, pay, pay for, reward, requite, render, worship, serve, sacrifice to, punish”). See yield.

Noun

guilt (usually uncountable, plural guilts)

1. Responsibility for wrongdoing.
2. (law) The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.
3. The regret of having done wrong.

Etymology 2

From Middle English gilten, gylten, from Old English gyltan (“to commit sin, be guilty”), from gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”).

Verb

guilt (third-person singular simple present guilts, present participle guilting, simple past and past participle guilted)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To commit offenses; act criminally.
2. (transitive) To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.

Results 377 Words with the letters GUILT

You can also try words with the phrase GUILT, words starting with the letters GUILT, or words ending in the letters GUILT.

Favorites Searches

Words… ending with q, starting with q, starting with qa, starting with qo, with two letters, starting with x, starting with j, ending with j,

Some random searches: Words with the letters BKY, Words with the letters GRU, Words with the letters GVNKO, Words with the letters SCEI,