GUILTY

guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamed

(adjective) showing a sense of guilt; “a guilty look”; “the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy”- Eric Linklater

guilty

(adjective) responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; “guilty of murder”; “the guilty person”; “secret guilty deeds”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

guilty (comparative guiltier, superlative guiltiest)

Responsible for a dishonest act.

(legal) Judged to have committed a crime.

Having a sense of guilt.

Blameworthy.

Synonyms

• culpable

• shildy (dialectal)

Antonyms

• not guilty

• innocent

Noun

guilty (plural guilties)

(legal) A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.

(legal) A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.

One who is declared guilty of a crime.

Source: Wiktionary

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Guilt"y, a. [Compar. Gultier; superl. Guiltiest.] Etym: [AS. gyltig liable. See Guilt.]

1. 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. They answered and said, He is guilty of death. Matt. xxvi. 66. Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife. Dryden.

2. Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.

3. Conscious; cognizant. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

4. Condemned to payment. [Obs. & R.] Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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