Definizione monolingua

guilt

guilt (third-person singular simple present guilts, present participle guilting, simple past and past participle guilted)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To commit offenses; act criminally.
2. (transitive) To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.

   He didnt want to do it, but his wife guilted him into it.

   • 1988, John Bradshaw, Healing the shame that binds you,

     Shame based parents would have guilted him for expressing anger.

   • 1992, Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: how to stop controlling others and start caring for yourself,

     We dont have to be manipulated, guilted, coerced, or forced into anything.

   • 1995, Nora Roberts, True Betrayals,

     But I wont be threatened or bribed or guilted into giving up something thats important to me.

guilt (uncountable)

1. Responsibility for wrongdoing.
2. Awareness of having done wrong.
3. The fact of having done wrong.
4. (law) The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.

Definizione dizionario guilt

	colpa
	responsibility for wrongdoing
	The fact of having done something wrong.

	colpevolezza
	the fact of having done wrong
	legal

	senso di colpa
	awareness of having done wrong
	Awareness of having done wrong and feeling bad about it.

crimine

delitto

peccato

Altri significati:

To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.

Responsibility for wrongdoing.

The fact of having done wrong.

Awareness of having done wrong.

(law) The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.