the fact of having committed an offence, esp a crime criminal offence in law
feelings of being at fault or to blame
responsibility for a criminal or other offence
feelings of being at fault or to blame, esp for imagined offences or from a sense of inadequacy
How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit — V S Pritchett
guiltless adj
[Old English gylt an offence, delinquency, guilt]