[guilt] n [ME, delinquency, guilt, fr. OE gylt delinquency] (bef. 12c) 1: the fact of having committed a breach of conduct esp. violating law and involving a penalty; broadly: guilty conduct
2. a: the state of one who has committed an offense esp. consciously b: feelings of culpability esp. for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy: self-reproach
3: a feeling of culpability for offenses