guilty

guilt|y [ `gılti ] adjective ***

1. ) ashamed and sorry because you have done something wrong:

You shouldn't feel guilty all the time you've done nothing to be ashamed of.

guilty about: I still feel guilty about things I said to my mother when I was a teenager.

guilty conscience (=a feeling that you have done something wrong): It was a clear sign that he had a guilty conscience.

a ) a guilty fact is one that you feel guilty about:

There goes a man with a guilty secret.

2. ) LEGAL someone who is guilty has committed a crime:

find someone guilty/not guilty of something (=officially decide that they are guilty/not guilty): He was found guilty of manslaughter.

plead guilty to something (=say that you are guilty): Wright pleaded guilty to all charges.

a ) guilty of someone who is guilty of something has done it:

Patrick knew that he was guilty of lying.

This government is guilty of much talk and little action.

the guilty party

the person or people who have done something wrong

╾ guilt|i|ly adverb:

A footstep in the doorway made her leap, guiltily, to her feet.