The phrase "guilt on behalf" is not correct and may lead to confusion in written English
It is not a standard expression and lacks clarity in conveying the intended meaning.
Example: "She felt guilt on behalf of her friend for not supporting her during the crisis."
Alternatives: "guilt for" or "guilt representing"
"We felt it was an admission of guilt on behalf of Mr Lugovoi," Cotlick said.
Mr Hatoyama does not call for the imperial family to break the so-called chrysanthemum taboo by admitting guilt on behalf of the wartime emperor, Hirohito.
I had exonerated Lana of her guilt on behalf of every kid she had bullied.
Feelings of guilt on behalf of the mother, lingering thoughts about the NICU period, and perceptions of vulnerability may need to be properly addressed before practical solutions find ground.
Both shame and guilt on my own behalf, and a deep wish to protect private third parties, made that really unwritable stuff.
In a sermon at a private mass for those victims, John Berry, author of Render Unto Rome: The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church, told PBS that the pope's language struck him as "quite a reflection of guilt on his part on behalf of the hierarchy of the church.
Any twinge of guilt you might have felt on behalf of the actual glorious nation of Kazakhstan was quickly soothed by the spectacle of American intolerance and idiocy that "Borat" purported to expose.
Almost 300 from both houses - including a former attorney general - petitioned the Florida supreme court two years ago "on behalf of a British citizen about whose guilt there now exists serious doubts".
"I am not getting into the question of his guilt, but I have no hesitation saying he did good work on behalf of the city".
Quick to condemn the remarks of Obama's former pastor on behalf of American umbrage, McCain is reticent about his own knee-deep quagmire of offensive associational guilt.
On behalf of his daughter, he sued.
