Guilt Synonyms and Antonyms

gĭlt
Blame
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. guiltiness
Antonyms:
  1. innocence
  2. inculpability
Responsibility for an error or crime
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. blame
  2. culpability
  3. fault
  4. crime
  5. criminality
  6. offense
  7. liability
  8. dereliction
  9. delinquency
  10. sin
  11. transgression
  12. error
  13. lapse
  14. slip
  15. answerability
  16. misstep
  17. solecism
  18. complicity
  19. blameworthiness
  20. compunction
  21. sinfulness
  22. contrition
  23. misconduct
  24. misbehavior
  25. malpractice
  26. guilty conscience
  27. peccability
  28. frailty
  29. indiscretion
  30. guiltiness
  31. weakness
  32. failing
  33. malefaction
  34. penitence
  35. malfeasance
  36. felonious conduct
  37. regret
  38. remorse
  39. repentance
  40. onus
  41. reprehensibility
  42. guilt feelings
  43. reprehension
  44. shame
  45. wickedness
  46. wrong
  47. guilt-trip
Antonyms:
  1. innocence
  2. freedom from fault
  3. blamelessness
The fact of being responsible for the commission of an offense; moral culpability.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. blame

Words Related to Guilt

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Guilt Sentence Examples

  • She wasn't about to live with the guilt of hurting yet a third person she cared about.

  • A shadow of guilt darkened his eyes.

  • He came to help her, to appease his guilt once and for all.

  • Did I feel any guilt in not letting Julie know Howie's reaction to my pronouncement?

  • After the conversation was over he felt a pang of guilt for respond­ing so emphatically.

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