guilty
/ˈgɪl·ti/ adjDefinition
› He pleaded guilty (= He formally admitted his guilt in court). › If you feel guilty, you feel that you have done something wrong: I feel so guilty about forgetting your birthday. › Someone who has a guilty conscience is unhappy because of something wrong that the person feels he or she has done.
(Definition of guilty adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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