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Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the puni…

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  1. superl. Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment.
  2. superl. Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.
  3. superl. Conscious; cognizant.
  4. superl. Condemned to payment.
  5. adj. responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
  6. adj. showing a sense of guilt
  7. j:100 a. responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act s. showing a sense of guilt