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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesculpabilité
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kyl.pa.bi.li.te
"Il ressentait une grande culpabilité après cet incident."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The fact of having committed a specified or implied offense or crime.
"The jury deliberated for hours before establishing his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." - 2
A feeling of having done wrong or failed in an obligation.
"She felt a deep sense of guilt about not visiting her parents more often."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English word 'gylt', meaning a crime, sin, or fault, of uncertain further etymology. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a legal or moral offense to the internal psychological feeling of responsibility or remorse for a wrongdoing.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Guilt" is said worldwide
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culpabilité
Transliteration: kyl.pa.bi.li.te
"Il ressentait une grande culpabilité après cet incident."
Schuld
Transliteration: ʃʊlt
"Er empfand tiefe Schuld für das, was passiert war."
colpa
Transliteration: ˈkɔl.pa
"Provò un forte senso di colpa per il suo errore."
culpa
Transliteration: ˈkul.pa
"Ella cargaba con una gran culpa en su conciencia."
culpa
Transliteration: ˈkuw.pɐ
"Ele admitiu sua culpa perante o tribunal."
अपराध बोध
Transliteration: apraadh bodh
"उसे अपने किए पर गहरा अपराध बोध महसूस हुआ।"
内疚
Transliteration: nèijiù
"他心里充满了好不容易才平复的内疚感。"
죄책감
Transliteration: joe-chaek-gam
"그는 자신의 실수에 대해 깊은 죄책감을 느꼈다."
罪悪感
Transliteration: zaiakukan
"彼女は嘘をついたことに対して強い罪悪感を覚えた。"
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