The word "guilt" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It can be used to describe a feeling of responsibility for wrong or immoral actions (e.g. "She felt a deep sense of guilt for lying to her friend"). It can also be used to describe a feeling of regret or sorrow (e.g. "At the funeral, he felt a heavy sense of guilt for not visiting his grandfather more often").
"In our case, the government wants us to recognise our guilt, which of course we won't do," Tolokonnikova said.
He was finally forced to admit his guilt due to a "meticulous and impressive" police operation, with help from British, American and Pakistani intelligence, Mr Justice Butterfield, the judge, was told.
When they observe happy children with complex needs who appear to behave and look well treated, do inspectors whack out generous "outstanding" judgments as a way of rewarding the school for relieving society of its guilt about what to do with disabled children, rather than basing the grading on whether students are being fully extended to learn?
I found out that my mom, of course, had been dealing with a lot of the same feelings of guilt.
The play is about coal, fury, fire, families, friends, politics, betrayal, loyalty, sacrifice, guilt, bad behaviour and the beautiful, difficult, stonkingly exasperating country we are living in today.
After winning three delays since 2007, Davis lost his most realistic chance at last-minute clemency this week when the Georgia pardons board denied his request despite serious doubts about his guilt.
It's become increasingly easy to believe that their mission might be more about assuaging their own guilt or their efforts made to raise their profile or enhance the latest publicity campaign around a new record.
It means innocence, both in the sense of being free from guilt, and of a lack of sophistry.
You can't go back in time and change the past, so feelings of regret and guilt are, in my opinion, a waste of energy.
Even if I am powerless to do anything, I feel at some level that the guilt itself is important.
Whether JP Morgan, Bank of America or Citigroup, guilt in the mortgage crisis was more or less evenly distributed across Wall Street.
