guilty implies responsibility for or consciousness of crime, sin, or, at the least, grave error or misdoing.

GUILTY definition: having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable. See examples of guilty used in a …

GUILTY definition: 1. feeling worried or unhappy because you have done something wrong, such as causing harm to…. Learn more.

1. having committed an offense, crime, or wrong, esp. against moral or penal law; culpable: to be found guilty of murder. 2. characterized by, connected with, or involving guilt: guilty intent. 3. having or …

having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, esp. against morals or against the law; culpable: The jury found the defendant guilty of murder. having or showing a feeling of guilt:[before a …

Guilt is a moral emotion that occurs when a person believes or realizes —accurately or not—that they have compromised their own standards of conduct or have violated universal moral standards and …

GUILTY meaning: 1 : responsible for committing a crime or doing something bad or wrong often + of sometimes used informally in a joking way; 2 : showing that you know you have done something bad …

Definition of guilty adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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.

Someone guilty has done something wrong or illegal. And when you do something wrong, you feel guilty — bad or sorry — about it. The police are responsible for finding out who’s guilty of a crime so they …