Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
GUILT
guilt, guilty conscience, guilt feelings, guilt trip
(noun) remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense
guilt, guiltiness
(noun) the state of having committed an offense
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
guilt (usually uncountable, plural guilts)
Responsibility for wrongdoing.
Antonym: innocence
(law) The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.
Antonym: innocence
The regret of having done wrong.
Synonym: remorse
Etymology 2
Verb
guilt (third-person singular simple present guilts, present participle guilting, simple past and past participle guilted)
(intransitive, obsolete) To commit offenses; act criminally.
(transitive) To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.
Source: Wiktionary
Guilt, n. Etym: [OE. gilt, gult, AS. gylt, crime; probably originally signifying, the fine or mulct paid for an offence, and afterward the offense itself, and akin to AS. gieldan to pay, E. yield. See Yield, v. t.]
1. The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; teh state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; offense against right. Satan had not answer, but stood struck With guilt of his own sin. Milton.
2. Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture. A ship incurs guilt by the violation of a blockade. Kent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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