guilt
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.