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guilt·y

guilty

 
 
pronunciation:
gIl ti
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part of speech: adjective
inflections: guiltier, guiltiest
definition 1: When someone feels guilty, they feel that they have done something wrong, or they feel bad because they know they did a bad thing.
Devon felt guilty when James got punished, because it was really Devon's fault.
antonyms:
innocent
similar words:
responsible
definition 2: When someone is guilty, it means that they broke a law or did something wrong. If a judge says in a court of law that a person is guilty, it means that the court has made the decision that this person has broken the law.
The people in the jury agreed that the suspect was guilty.
similar words:
criminal, responsible, wrong
derivations: guiltily (adv.), guiltiness (n.)
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