Guilty
Guilty adjective - Suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Usage example: she was burdened with a guilty conscience after stealing the newspaper from the newsstand
Penitential and guilty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Penitential" instead an adjective "Guilty".
Penitential
Penitential adjective - Showing or constituting penance.
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Synonyms for Penitential
Guilty and penitential are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guilty" instead an adjective "Penitential".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- uncomfortable and guilty
- uncomfortable and penitential
- bad and guilty
- bad and penitential
- sorry and guilty
- sorry and penitential
- sorrowful and guilty
- sorrowful and penitential
- rueful and guilty
- rueful and penitential
- distressed and guilty
- distressed and penitential
- regretful and guilty
- regretful and penitential
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