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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Guilty \Guilt"y\, a. [Compar. {Gultier}; superl. {Guiltiest}.] [AS. gyltig liable. See {Guilt}.] 1. 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. They answered and said He is guilty of death. --Matt. xxvi. 66. Nor he nor you were guilty of the strife. --Dryden. 2. Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as a guilty look a guilty act a guilty feeling. 3. Conscious; cognizant. [Obs.] --B. Jonson 4. Condemned to payment. [Obs. & R.] --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: guilty adj 1: responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act or marked by guilt; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"; "a guilty conscience"; "guilty behavior" [ant: {innocent}] 2: showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater [syn: {hangdog}, {shamefaced}, {shamed}]
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