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==Pronunciation==
gil-tee
==Adjective==
*guilt⋅i⋅er, guilt⋅i⋅est.
1. having committed an offense, [[crime]], violation, or wrong, esp. against [[moral]] or penal [[law]]; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: "The jury found her guilty of murder".
2. characterized by, connected with, or involving guilt: guilty [[intent]].
3. having or showing a sense of guilt, whether real or [[imagined]]: a guilty [[conscience]].
==Origin==
bef. 1000; ME; OE gyltig. See guilt, -y 1
==Related forms==
guilt⋅i⋅ly, adverb
guilt⋅i⋅ness, noun
==Synonyms==
2. criminal, felonious, culpable; illicit, nefarious.
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[[Category: Law]]