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Guilt Noun Sth  /ɡɪlt   Uncountable Suçluluk Bad Children

Level C1 
Kind noun
Front guilt 
IPA  /ɡɪlt   / noun [uncountable]
Back suçluluk
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guilt (noun)

 /ɡɪlt   / noun [uncountable]
 
 1 guilt (about/at sth)
the unpleasant feelings that you have when you know or think that you have done sth bad
suçluluk
 I sometimes feel guilt about not spending more time with my children.
 He had a strong sense of guilt at not having helped his friend.
 2 the fact of having broken a law
 (hukuk) suç, kabahat
 We took his refusal to answer questions as an admission of guilt.
 His guilt was not proved and so he went free.
OPPOSITE INNOCENCE
 3 the responsibility for doing sth wrong or for sth bad that has happened
suç, kabahat
 It's difficult to say whether the guilt lies with the parents or the children.
SYNONYM BLAME2
 

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