Meaning & use
guilty
Responsible for committing a wrongdoing or crime, or feeling regret about one's actions.
See it in a sentence
The jury found the defendant guilty after carefully reviewing all the evidence.
He felt terribly guilty for forgetting his sister's birthday that morning.
A note on using this word
Distinguish the legal sense, found guilty of a crime, from the emotional sense of feeling guilty about something.
Words with a similar meaning
culpableremorseful
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