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GUILT FEELINGS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense
Synonyms:
guilt; guilt feelings; guilt trip; guilty conscience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("guilt feelings" is a kind of...):
compunction; remorse; self-reproach (a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guilt feelings"):
survivor guilt (a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died)