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- Dictionaryguilty/ˈɡɪlti/
adjective
- 1. culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing: "he was found guilty of manslaughter" Similar Opposite
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GUILTY definition: 1. feeling guilt: 2. responsible for breaking a law: 3. the person who has done something wrong…. Learn more.
Guilty definition: having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable. See examples of GUILTY used in a sentence.
The meaning of GUILTY is justly chargeable with or responsible for a usually grave breach of conduct or a crime. How to use guilty in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Guilty.
If someone is guilty of a crime or offence, they have committed that crime or offence. He pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm. If someone is guilty of doing something wrong, they have done that thing. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
guilty. Someone guilty has done something wrong or illegal. And when you do something wrong, you feel guilty — bad or sorry — about it. The police are responsible for finding out who’s guilty of a crime so they can be arrested, convicted, and punished.
feeling ashamed because you have done something that you know is wrong or have not done something that you should have done. Matt and Chrissy both looked equally guilty. John had a guilty look on his face. I had a guilty conscience and could not sleep.
the fact or state of having done something wrong or committed a crime: In the US, people accused of a crime are presumed to be innocent until their guilt is proven. Guilt is also a feeling of anxiety or unhappiness that you have done something immoral or wrong, such as causing harm to another person:
1. If you feel guilty, you feel unhappy because you think that you have done something wrong or have failed to do something which you should have done. [...] 2. Guilty is used of an action or fact that you feel guilty about. [...] 3. guilty conscience. More. Synonyms of 'guilty' • ashamed, sorry, rueful, sheepish [...]
having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder. characterized by, connected with, or involving guilt: guilty intent.
Found to have violated a criminal law by a jury or judge. Showing or conscious of guilt. A guilty look. The state of being deemed responsible for the commission of a crime, either as a result of a plea or the adjudication of a judge or jury. (law) A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.
