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 Guilt·y a. [Compar. Gultier superl. Guiltiest.]
 1. 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; as, guilty of murder.
    They answered and said, He is guilty of death.   --Matt. xxvi. 66.
    Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife.   --Dryden.
 2. Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.
 3. Conscious; cognizant. [Obs.]
 4. Condemned to payment. [Obs. & R.]
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 guiltiest
      See guilty

 guilty
      adj 1: responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; or
             marked by guilt; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty
             person"; "secret guilty deeds"; "a guilty conscience";
             "guilty behavior" [ant: innocent]
      2: showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and
         shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
         [syn: hangdog, shamefaced, shamed]
      [also: guiltiest, guiltier]