Sentence examples for guilt means from inspiring English sources

Guilt means transgression, not as that word is understood in graduate schools but as it is understood in the Bible — as ostracism, disgrace and death.

The total absence of guilt means punitive measures have not been fully applied and the promise of wholesale changes to football's infrastructure in Algeria have been set aside.

The lack of an admission of guilt means no details or evidence will emerge about the payments BAE allegedly made in Tanzania, South Africa, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania.

To "suffer" from liberal guilt means that you are somewhat uneasy about all sorts of awkward things that it is tempting to harden your heart against, like global injustice, global warming, racism.

In the context of pro-environmental behaviors, guilt means a consumer's negative emotional state caused by the discrepancy between his/her knowledge that he/she should behave pro-environmentally and his/her recognition that he/she does not.

Walzer argues that the politician's genuine guilt means that she should suffer a penalty or a shaming for having done what "we" want her to do (Walzer 1973, 177 8; 1974 79 80).

The month's delay after his admission of guilt meant he was able to continue to receive his parliamentary salary, amounting to £5,400.

They know that his wife, Sharon, steered him toward a religious reawakening (church used to mean guilt, now it means inner peace).

The Danish term he uses for hereditary guilt literally means "inheritance-guilt," which unlike the English term calls to mind the wealth and property left to children upon their parents' death.

We may try to alleviate our guilt by means of a few "creative" or "educational" feel-good items such as art supplies or books or chess sets sustainably crafted from organic bamboo, but all the clamor is for the expensive video games and consoles, and for the cheaply made plastic thing seen over and over again on TV.

But what does Dasein's guilt really mean?