guilty
Etymology
From Middle English gilty, gulty, from Old English gyltiġ (“offending, guilty”); equivalent to guilt + -y.
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Adjective
guilty (comparative guiltier or more guilty, superlative guiltiest or most guilty)
- Responsible for a dishonest act.
- He was guilty of cheating at cards.
- (law) Judged to have committed a crime.
- The guilty man was led away.
- Having a sense of guilt.
- Do you have a guilty conscience?
- Шаблон:RQ:Churchill Celebrity
- 2020 децембар 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, strana 68:
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- Blameworthy.
- I have a guilty secret.
- Шаблон:RQ:Thackeray Pendennis
- Шаблон:RQ:Besant Ivory Gate
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responsible for a dishonest act
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judged to have committed a crime
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having a sense of guilt
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blameworthy
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Noun
guilty (plural guilties)
- (law) A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.
- (law) A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.
- One who is declared guilty of a crime.
- 1997, David Brinkley, “June 5, 1983”, in Everyone Is Entitled to My Opinion[1], →ISBN, strana 32:
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