^ Guilt: M-W Definition

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^ Feelings of Culpability Especially for Imagined Offenses or from a Sense of Inadequacy :
^ He State of One Who Has Committed an Offense Especially Consciously :
^ the Fact of Having Committed a Breach of Conduct Especially Violating Law and Involving a Penalty - broadly :
^ the State of Being Liable to Penalty for Offense against Law — Used in Respect to Persons and Sometimes Property that by Reason of Illegal Usage Has Become Liable to Forfeiture or Other Burden