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Guilty

Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment.

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Ashamed 84% connected

Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety.

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Ashamed 84% connected

Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety.

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Blamable 84% connected

Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy.

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Blamable 84% connected

Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy.

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Blameful 84% connected

Faulty; meriting blame.

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Blameful 84% connected

Faulty; meriting blame.

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Blameworthy 84% connected

Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible.

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Blameworthy 84% connected

Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible.

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Bloodguilty 84% connected

Guilty of murder or bloodshed.

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Bloodguilty 84% connected

Guilty of murder or bloodshed.

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Censurable 84% connected

Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.

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Censurable 84% connected

Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.

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Chargeable 84% connected

That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man.

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Chargeable 84% connected

That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man.

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Criminal 84% connected

Guilty of crime or sin.

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Criminal 84% connected

Guilty of crime or sin.

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Culpable 84% connected

Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.

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Culpable 84% connected

Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.

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Delinquent 84% connected

Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.

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Delinquent 84% connected

Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.

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Finable 84% connected

Liable or subject to a fine; as, a finable person or offense.

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Finable 84% connected

Liable or subject to a fine; as, a finable person or offense.

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Indictable 84% connected

Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense.

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Indictable 84% connected

Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense.

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Punishable 84% connected

Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.

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Punishable 84% connected

Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.

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Red-handed 84% connected

Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the…

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Red-handed 84% connected

Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the…

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Derivationally related 4

Guilt 74% connected

The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who…

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Guilt 74% connected

The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who…

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Guiltiness 74% connected

The quality or state of being guilty.

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Guiltiness 74% connected

The quality or state of being guilty.

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See also 4

Inculpatory 66% connected

Imputing blame; criminatory; compromising; implicating.

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Inculpatory 66% connected

Imputing blame; criminatory; compromising; implicating.

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Unrighteous 66% connected

Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man.

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Unrighteous 66% connected

Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man.

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Synonym 3

Hangdog 92% connected

A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.

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Shamed 92% connected

of Shame

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Shamefaced 92% connected

Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.

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