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guilty
What does guilty mean?
guilty (adjective): responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce guilty?
/ˈɡɪlti/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does guilty come from?
From Middle English gilty, gulty, from Old English gyltiġ (“offending, guilty”); equivalent to guilt + -y.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of guilty?
Words related to guilty
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “guilty” mean?
not arriving or occurring until after an expected time
Not quite: that's what late means.
having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
Not quite: that's what equal means.
responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
Right! That's what “guilty” means.
living in or characteristic of farming or country life
Not quite: that's what rural means.
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