Guilt

//ɡɪlt//

Synonyms for "guilt" (47 found)

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More general

6 entries

More specific

3 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

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at location

1 entries

capable of

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causes desire

2 entries

defined as

1 entries

derived

28 entries

Showing 16 of 28 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

3 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

11 entries

Translations

183 translations across 73 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • skuld noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Albanian

2 entries
  • faj noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • fajsia noun (legal)

Arabic

4 entries
  • إِثْم noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • جُرْم noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • خِطْء noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • ذنب noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Armenian

3 entries
  • մեղավորություն noun (legal)
  • մեղք noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • մեղքի զգացում noun (regret for having done wrong)

Assamese

1 entries
  • দোষ noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Avar

1 entries
  • гӏайиб noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • яуаплылыҡ noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • ғәйеп noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ві́ннасць noun (legal)
  • віна́ noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • віна́ noun (legal)
  • віна́ noun (regret for having done wrong)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • вина noun (legal)
  • вина́ noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • виновност noun (regret for having done wrong)

Catalan

4 entries
  • culpa noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • culpabilitat noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • culpabilitat noun (legal)
  • penediment noun (regret for having done wrong)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 內疚 /内疚 noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • 有罪 noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • 有罪 noun (legal)
  • 犯罪 noun (legal)

Czech

3 entries
  • vina noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • vina noun (legal)
  • vina noun (regret for having done wrong)

Danish

1 entries
  • skyld noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Dutch

3 entries
  • schuld noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • schuld noun (legal)
  • schuldgevoel noun (regret for having done wrong)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kulpo noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Estonian

1 entries
  • süü noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Finnish

4 entries
  • syyllisyydentunne noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • syyllisyys noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • syyllisyys noun (legal)
  • syyllisyys noun (regret for having done wrong)

French

3 entries
  • culpabilité noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • culpabilité noun (legal)
  • sentiment de culpabilité noun (regret for having done wrong)

Galician

3 entries
  • culpa noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • culpa noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • culpabilidade noun (legal)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ბრალი noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

German

3 entries
  • Schuld noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • Schuld noun (legal)
  • Schuldgefühl noun (regret for having done wrong)

Greek

2 entries
  • ενοχή noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • τύψη noun (regret for having done wrong)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אַשְׁמָה noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अपराध noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • अपराध-भावना noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • अपराधबोध noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • आत्मग्लानि noun (regret for having done wrong)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • bűn noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • bűntudat noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • bűnösség noun (legal)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kesalahan noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Irish

1 entries
  • ciontacht noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Italian

3 entries
  • colpa noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • colpevolezza noun (legal)
  • senso di colpa noun (regret for having done wrong)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 有罪 noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • 有罪 noun (legal)
  • 罪悪感 noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • 責任 noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Korean

4 entries
  • 범죄 noun (legal)
  • 유죄 noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • 죄책감 noun (regret for having done wrong)

Latin

3 entries
  • crimen noun (legal)
  • culpa noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • reatitudo noun (legal)

Latvian

4 entries
  • vaina noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • vaina noun (legal)
  • vaina noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • vainība noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • вина noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Malay

1 entries
  • bersalah noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • കുറ്റബോധം noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • കുറ്റബോധം noun (regret for having done wrong)

Maltese

1 entries
  • dnub noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • гэм noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Māori

1 entries
  • kaniawhea noun (regret for having done wrong)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • skyld noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • skyld noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Occitan

2 entries
  • culpa noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • culpabilitat noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Old English

3 entries
  • gylt noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • sċyld noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • sċyld noun (legal)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • ذنب noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • صوچ noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • kulpa noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Persian

3 entries
  • جرم noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • پشیمانی noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • گناه noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schult noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Polish

2 entries
  • wina noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • wina noun (legal)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • culpa noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • culpa noun (legal)
  • culpa noun (regret for having done wrong)

Rohingya

1 entries
  • háta noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Romanian

2 entries
  • păcat noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • vină noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Russian

4 entries
  • вина́ noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • вина́ noun (legal)
  • вина́ noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • вино́вность noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • krivìca noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • krívnja noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • кри́вња noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • кривѝца noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • curpa noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • curpa noun (legal)
  • curpa noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • curpavilità noun (legal)

Slovak

1 entries
  • vina noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Slovene

1 entries
  • krivda noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Spanish

4 entries
  • culpa noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • culpa noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • culpabilidad noun (legal)
  • remordimiento noun (regret for having done wrong)

Swahili

1 entries
  • hatia noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Swedish

3 entries
  • skuld noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • skuld noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • skuldkänsla noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kasalanan noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Tajik

1 entries
  • гуноҳ noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Tamil

4 entries
  • குற்ற உணர்ச்சி noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • குற்ற உணர்வு noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • குற்றம் noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • குற்றம் noun (legal)

Telugu

1 entries
  • అపరాధభావన noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Thai

2 entries
  • ความรู้สึกผิด noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • ตราบาป noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Tongan

1 entries
  • halaia noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Turkish

1 entries
  • suç noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́нність noun (legal)
  • вина́ noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • вина́ noun (legal)
  • вина́ noun (regret for having done wrong)

Urdu

2 entries
  • اپرادھ noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • قصور noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • ayb noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • gunoh noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • cảm giác tội lỗi noun (regret for having done wrong)
  • lỗi noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • lỗi lầm noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)
  • tội lỗi noun (legal)

Welsh

1 entries
  • euogrwydd noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • skuld noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • שולד noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries
  • kuch noun (responsibility for wrongdoing)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Everything points to his guilt.

Source: tatoeba (24823)

The fingerprints on the knife attest to her guilt.

Source: tatoeba (36543)

The thief admitted his guilt.

Source: tatoeba (44935)

The thief reluctantly admitted his guilt.

Source: tatoeba (44940)

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.