guilt : Idioms & Phrases
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guilt by association
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noun the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty
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guilt feelings
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noun remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense
guilty conscience; guilt; guilt feelings.
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guilt pang
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noun pangs of feeling guilty
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guilt trip
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noun remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense
guilty conscience; guilt; guilt feelings.
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guilt-ridden
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adjective satellite feeling or revealing a sense of guilt
- so guilt-ridden he could not face his father
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guilt-sick
Guilt"-sick` adjective
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Made sick by consciousness of guilt. "A guilt-sick conscience." Beau. c& El.
Webster 1913
survivor guilt
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noun a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died
- survivor guilt was first noted in those who survived the Holocaust
