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Guilt is an English word with synonyms like remorse or compunction. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Guilt meaning

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

Synonyms of Guilt

guiltiness remorse compunction guilt trip guilt feelings guilty conscience innocence status condition self-reproach

Using Guilt

  • The main meaning on this page is: Responsibility for wrongdoing. | The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings. | Regret for having done wrong.
  • Useful related words include: guiltiness, remorse, compunction, guilt trip.
  • In the example corpus, guilt often appears in combinations such as: of guilt, guilt and, the guilt.

Context around Guilt

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Guilt

  • In this selection, "guilt" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, collective, white, group, main, claiming and ridden stand out and add context to how "guilt" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include admission of guilt as some and admission of guilt claiming the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "guilt" sits close to words such as acclaimed, monarch and nerve, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with guilt

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Ahsoka's guilt turns into anger, and she comes very close to killing Anakin. (14 words)

According to Dr. Bowes, this growth allows for more access to cosmetic treatments without shame or guilt. (17 words)

A bomb strikes a boat on which Maya is escaping, leaving Joshua alone with his grief and his guilt. (19 words)

At the time, Dr Disrespect admitted guilt to this allegation, but in today's stream -- titled -- he, to an extent, walked back this admission of guilt, claiming the situation was less black and white than previous events and statements made it seem. (42 words)

But my childhood was marked by a lot of very public sadness, hopelessness, and guilt—both coming from her, for being unavailable emotionally, and guilt I felt because I couldn’t quite believe that it wasn’t in some way my fault. (42 words)

Finally, after a few days of guilt-ridden sleeping until 1 p.m. and googling how to make cocktails from the ingredients you already have at home, I decided I'm not going to feel guilt when I don't produce. (41 words)

I had to return the money not as an admission of guilt, as some people are trying to advance; what guilt? (21 words)

Example sentences (20)

Collective guilt main Collective guilt (or group guilt) is the unpleasant and often emotional reaction that results among a group of individuals when it is perceived that the group illegitimately harmed members of another group.

At the time, Dr Disrespect admitted guilt to this allegation, but in today's stream -- titled -- he, to an extent, walked back this admission of guilt, claiming the situation was less black and white than previous events and statements made it seem.

Dr Sanveen Kang, lead clinical psychologist and founder of Psych Connect, said you can ascertain whether guilt is unhealthy by reflecting on the intensity, duration and effect of the guilt on your well-being and behaviour.

Finally, after a few days of guilt-ridden sleeping until 1 p.m. and googling how to make cocktails from the ingredients you already have at home, I decided I'm not going to feel guilt when I don't produce.

Another audience member reflected on the difference between white guilt and wokeness, defining white guilt as brief acknowledgement without follow-through and coming to the conclusion that wokeness requires persistent action and attention.

But my childhood was marked by a lot of very public sadness, hopelessness, and guilt—both coming from her, for being unavailable emotionally, and guilt I felt because I couldn’t quite believe that it wasn’t in some way my fault.

I had to return the money not as an admission of guilt, as some people are trying to advance; what guilt?

It sets up the kind of relationship where the issuer of guilt never gets to feel that they are valued enough for the recipient of the “guilt treatment” to do something out of sheer care.

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Each subject was presented with the evidence of guilt and offered a choice between facing an academic ethics board and potentially a heavy penalty in terms of extra courses and other forfeits, or admitting guilt and accepting a lighter "sentence".

Guilt and shame about humiliation during torture, and about the survivor’s inability to withstand it, as well as guilt at surviving, are common problems which discourage disclosure.

He argues that if the posterior probability of guilt is to be computed by Bayes' theorem, the prior probability of guilt must be known.

A bomb strikes a boat on which Maya is escaping, leaving Joshua alone with his grief and his guilt.

According to Dr. Bowes, this growth allows for more access to cosmetic treatments without shame or guilt.

According to the prisoners openDemocracy spoke to, the administration pushes for a person to admit their guilt already in a correctional institution.

After experiencing so much grief and guilt, as well as being misunderstood by many people, her safe space is escaping to the audience.

After Insomnia sets up a scenario that puts Batman in the role of Joe Chill, Bruce is attacked by an evil, young version of himself who tears into Batman's feelings of guilt.

After that incident I tried as much as I could to avoid her, despite her insistence that we have another tryst, because I was wracked with guilt by what we had done along the way.

A full week after the explosion, The New York Times was still bringing in “experts” to intimate Israel’s guilt.

Ahsoka's guilt turns into anger, and she comes very close to killing Anakin.

All the unfinished or procrastinating projects can cause a strong sense of guilt, and this further affects our productivity.

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Common combinations with guilt

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "guilt" in a sentence?
An example: "Collective guilt main Collective guilt (or group guilt) is the unpleasant and often emotional reaction that results among a group of individuals when it is perceived that the group illegitimately harmed members of another group." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "guilt" from authentic English texts.
What does "guilt" mean?
Guilt means: Responsibility for wrongdoing.
What are synonyms of "guilt"?
Common synonyms of "guilt" include: guiltiness, remorse, compunction, guilt trip, guilt feelings, guilty conscience, innocence, status. Plus 2 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "guilt" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "guilt", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.