Guilt and Sin

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Guilt noun - A feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.

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Sin is a synonym for guilt in blame topic. In some cases you can use "Sin" instead a noun "Guilt", when it comes to topics like culpability.

Sin noun - A breaking of a moral or legal code.

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Guilt is a synonym for sin in crime topic. You can use "Guilt" instead a noun "Sin", if it concerns topics such as illegal or immoral action.

Nearby Words: sinful, sinless, sinner, sinned, sine

human	human guilt	human sin
old	old guilt	old sin
actual	actual guilt	actual sin
real	real guilt	real sin
Other adjectives: great, serious, huge, little, bad, terrible, horrible, inner, personal, major, religious, possible, past, extra.

This is later brought up when Kylar informs him that while he can see guilt and sin in people, Count Drake is empty of it, and is told that he is "clean." This makes him quite happy.

Source: Literature / The Night Angel Trilogy
So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in clear dream and solemn vision Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear;

Source: Our Angels Are Different
A Poetic Serial Killer, on the other hand, picks victims who are guilty, in the killer's mind at least, of some sin or other, and kills each victim in a way that reflects that perceived guilt.

Source: Poetic Serial Killer

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