What part of speech is guilt?

Guilt can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. guilt is a noun, singular of guilts.

Inflections

Noun

What does guilt mean?

Definitions

Verb

guilt - To commit offenses; act criminally.
guilt - To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.

Noun

guilt - the state of having committed an offense
guilt - remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense

Examples of guilt

#   Sentence  
1. noun The suspicion was founded on many false premises, and there was no reliable publicly known evidence indicating his guilt.
2. noun Everything points to his guilt.
3. noun The fingerprints on the knife attest to her guilt.
4. noun The thief admitted his guilt.
5. noun The thief reluctantly admitted his guilt.
6. noun The guilt lies with him.
7. noun All the evidence points to his guilt.
8. noun But then, full of guilt, I sat down at my desk one evening.
9. noun The detective found absolute proof of the man's guilt.
10. noun The guilt manifests itself on his face.
11. noun We have two pieces of evidence of his guilt.
12. noun My guilt leaves no room for doubt.
13. noun I am free of past guilt.
14. noun I am going to assert his guilt.
15. noun He could not refrain from smiling, though with a slight sense of guilt.
Sentence  
noun
The suspicion was founded on many false premises, and there was no reliable publicly known evidence indicating his guilt.
Everything points to his guilt.
The fingerprints on the knife attest to her guilt.
The thief admitted his guilt.
The thief reluctantly admitted his guilt.
The guilt lies with him.
All the evidence points to his guilt.
But then, full of guilt, I sat down at my desk one evening.
The detective found absolute proof of the man's guilt.
The guilt manifests itself on his face.
We have two pieces of evidence of his guilt.
My guilt leaves no room for doubt.
I am free of past guilt.
I am going to assert his guilt.
He could not refrain from smiling, though with a slight sense of guilt.

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