Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment
Having committed a crime or tort; the word used by a prisoner in pleading to an indictment when he confesses the crime of which he is charged, and by the jury in convicting
showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; or marked by guilt; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"; "a guilty conscience"; "guilty behavior
responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; or marked by guilt; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"; "a guilty conscience"; "guilty behavior"
If you feel guilty, you feel unhappy because you think that you have done something wrong or have failed to do something which you should have done. I feel so guilty, leaving all this to you When she saw me she looked guilty. + guiltily guilti·ly He glanced guiltily over his shoulder
plea that a defendant enters in court admitting that he/she committed the crime; a verdict returned by a jury or Judge finding that the prosecution has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime(s)
If someone is guilty of a crime or offence, they have committed that crime or offence. They were found guilty of murder He pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm
If someone is guilty of doing something wrong, they have done that thing. He claimed Mr Brooke had been guilty of a `gross error of judgment' They will consider whether or not he has been guilty of serious professional misconduct
Guilty is used of an action or fact that you feel guilty about. Many may be keeping it a guilty secret I leave with a guilty sense of relief. guilty conscience: see conscience