guilt

(noun, verb)

noun

1. the state of having committed an offense

Similar word(s): guiltiness

Definition categories: state, condition, status

2. remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense

Definition categories: feeling, compunction, remorse

verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To commit offenses; act criminally.

2. (transitive) To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.

- He didn't want to do it, but his wife guilted him into it.