01 a. Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to p…
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Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment; as, guilty of murder.“They answered and said, He is guilty of death.” — Matt. xxvi. 66.“Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife.” — Dryden.
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2.
Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.
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3.
Conscious; cognizant.[Obs.]
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4.
Condemned to payment.[Obs. & R.]