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guiltiness

/gil-tee/US // ˈgɪl ti //UK // (ˈɡɪltɪ) //

愧疚,负罪感,内疚,罪恶感

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    guilt·i·er, guilt·i·est.

    • : having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder.
    • : characterized by, connected with, or involving guilt: guilty intent.
    • : having or showing a sense of guilt, whether real or imagined: a guilty conscience.

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Examples

  • Anderson-Agimuk has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting the 11-year-old.

  • No surprise to anyone following the trial, he found Microsoft guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act and ordered a controversial breakup of the company.

  • Duncan Hunter’s resignation in January — after pleading guilty to conspiracy to misuse campaign funds — opened the floodgates for Republicans.

  • In the end, both pleaded guilty to some charges and the unlawful assembly charges were dropped, according to the district attorney’s office.

  • After months of pandemic living, we still find it hard to enjoy our meals without feeling guilty, especially when faced with an excess of our own making.

  • In another rite, the cleansing of blood-guiltiness, a similar process was practised.

  • You must save me from this horrible crime that I planned—save me and yourself from blood-guiltiness.

  • Lady Maisie (with a guiltiness which she tries to carry off under dignity).

  • Never, till then, did the feeling of blood-guiltiness leave me.

  • The gulf between holiness and guiltiness tends also to disappear.