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The verdict that arrives long before any jury bothers to show up.
means Responsible for a wrongdoing, or feeling the heavy unease that comes from believing you've done something wrong.
from From Old English 'gyltig,' meaning 'having committed an offense,' built on 'gylt' — a guilt, sin, or fault. The root 'gylt' is itself a homegrown English word of uncertain ancestry; despite the temptation to link it to words for debt or paying, no firm older source has been pinned down. So the noun came first, and 'guilty' is simply guilt wearing the suffix that turns a thing into a quality you're stuck carrying.
- latin root
- From Old English gylt, meaning a crime or debt owed
- body tell
- Guilt physically warms the skin in studies of blushing
- survivor's version
- Outliving disaster triggers guilt for committing no crime
- pleasure twist
- Guilty pleasures are enjoyed more when labeled forbidden
- legal weight
- Two of twelve words deciding decades behind bars
amanda knox — convicted then exonerated of murder in italy 2007-2015; case epitomized uncertainty of guilt
central park five — five men convicted 1990, exonerated 2002 after 13 years; confessed under pressure to crimes they didn't commit