english
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noun
shame:
Her face showed her guilt to all.
Simple Definitions
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guilt
the feeling you have when you have done something you know is wrong:
• Divorce often leaves people with feelings of guilt.
shame
the feeling of being guilty or embarrassed that you have after doing something that is wrong, when you feel you have lost people’s respect:
• I was too scared to help him, and I was filled with shame.
regret
a feeling of sadness about something, especially because you wish it had not happened:
• Kate watched her go with a pang of regret.
remorse
a strong feeling of being sorry for doing something very bad:
• a murderer who showed no remorse
contrition
formal a feeling of being guilty and sorry for something wrong that you have done:
• The company CEO expressed contrition for the errors that led to the crash. • He sounded full of contrition. • They wanted to perform some kind of act of contrition (= do something that shows you feel sorry for something ) .
penitence
formal a feeling of being sorry for something that you have done wrong, when you do not intend to do it again:
• He expressed genuine penitence at the harm he had done her. • a period of reflection and penitence
conscience
the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wrong:
• My conscience has been troubling me ever since.
Longman-Thesaurus
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verbs
have guilt
• I had a lot of guilt about what had happened.
feel guilt
• She didn’t feel any guilt; she had done nothing wrong.
be consumed with/racked with/overwhelmed by guilt
(= feel very guilty )
• Later he was horrified that he had hit her, and was racked by guilt.
assuage sb’s guilt
formal (= make someone feel less guilty )
• She died before I got there, and there was nothing I could do to assuage my guilt and regret.
phrases
a feeling/sense of guilt
( also guilt feelings )
• I had a permanent feeling of guilt that I didn't see Mum and Dad as often as I should.
a burden of guilt
(= a strong feeling of guilt )
• Many children feel a burden of guilt when their parents divorce, believing that they have caused the separation.
adjectives
collective guilt
(= guilt shared by each member of a group or society )
• Should we feel some kind of collective guilt for what happened in the past?
transnet.ir
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noun feeling ADJ. dreadful, terrible QUANT. pang, twinge VERB + GUILT be consumed with, be haunted by, be overwhelmed with, be racked with, feel, suffer I knew that the next day I would be consumed with guilt. You needn't feel any guilt about me. | assuage Talking to her helped to assuage my guilt. GUILT + VERB sear sb, sweep over sb, wash over sb Guilt swept over her. GUILT + NOUN complex | feelings PREP. ~ about/at/over He had no feelings of guilt over what he had done. PHRASES a burden of guilt the burden of guilt that she carried with her | a feeling/sense of guilt fact of having broken a law/done sth wrong VERB + GUILT admit | establish, prove It might be difficult to prove his guilt. GUILT + VERB lie There is no doubt as to where the guilt lies. PHRASES an admission of guilt I took his silence as an admission of guilt. | proof of guilt
Oxford Collocations Dictionary