Guilty
Guilty adjective - Suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Responsible is a synonym for guilty in culpable topic. In some cases you can use "Responsible" instead an adjective "Guilty", when it comes to topics like blameworthy.
Responsible
Responsible adjective - Being the one who must meet an obligation or suffer the consequences for failing to do so.
Guilty is a synonym for responsible in accountable topic. You can use "Guilty" instead an adjective "Responsible", if it concerns topics such as to blame.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- liable and guilty
- liable and responsible
- answerable and guilty
- answerable and responsible
- blameworthy and guilty
- blameworthy and responsible
- censurable and guilty
- censurable and responsible
- erring and guilty
- erring and responsible
- accountable and guilty
- accountable and responsible
- blamable and guilty
- blamable and responsible
Both words in one sentence
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John is aware of this and feels guilty and responsible.
Source: Literature / The Rifter -
Everyone tells Mike that he was not responsible for what happened but Mike still feels really guilty.
Source: These Hands Have Killed - Squidward, responsible for bringing a pie-shaped bomb to Spongebob, feels guilty enough to spend the rest of the day doing anything Spongebob wants.
Source: Last Day to Live
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