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adjective (guiltier, guiltiest)
culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing:the police will soon discover who the guilty party is he was found guilty of manslaughter he found them guilty on a lesser chargeSee also find, plead. justly chargeable with a particular fault or error:she was guilty of a serious error of judgment conscious of or affected by a feeling of guilt:John felt guilty at having deceived the family she wrestled with a guilty conscience after her adultery involving a feeling or a judgment of guilt:I have no guilty secret to reveal a guilty verdict