guilty

1. 1

   Responsible for a dishonest act.

   • He was guilty of cheating at cards.
   • I still feel guilty about having forgotten his bday.
2. 2

   Judged to have committed a crime.

   • The guilty man was led away.
3. 3

   Having a sense of guilt.

   • Do you have a guilty conscience?
4. 4

   Blameworthy.

   • I have a guilty secret.

syn. shildy · at fault · blameworthy · censurable · culpable · guilty · nocent · reprehensible · to blame

ant. innocent · praiseworthy

1. 1

   A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.

2. 2

   A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.

3. 3

   One who is declared guilty of a crime.

   • The not guilties walked out and went to work if they had jobs; the guilties were hauled away to spend maybe thirty days on the county farm growing cabbage.