burden of guilt
collocation in Englishmeaningsofburdenandguilt
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burden
noun[C]
uk/ˈbɜː.dən/us/ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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guilt
noun[U]
uk/ɡɪlt/us/ɡɪlt/
a feeling of worry or unhappiness that you have because you have done something wrong, such as causing harm to ...
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(Definition ofburdenandguiltfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Ministers bear the first and greatestburdenofguilt, but others must take their share of the blame.
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Cadi carries a heavyburdenofguiltand grief because of something that happened the year before.
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The general stigma against obesity, which can lead to negative and prejudicial attitudes against obese people, often results in major personal suffering and aburdenofguilt.
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This increased both their sense of responsibility for the relative and theburdenofguilt, particularly when other family members did not play a major role.
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We agree with their observation that this consensus may ease the unnecessaryburdenofguiltassociated with the difficult process of decisionmaking at the end of life.
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But those who seek to destroy it by violence, terror, misrepresentation or misleading rhetoric will carry a heavyburdenofguiltbefore history.
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Therefore, each of us bears whateverburdenofguiltthere is in that proportion.
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In less than two months they have had to accept aburdenofguiltfor a situation which has built up over fifty years.
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They speak of the trouble they have—partly aburdenofguilt—and, as many of my correspondents say, the horror of living a lie.
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Who is helping him and thus placing themselves and him under an even greaterburdenofguilt?
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If the negotiators fail to reach a satisfactory outcome, they will have a heavyburdenofguiltto carry.
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There is no reason in common sense or experience why you should throw theburdenofguiltmore on the husband in that case than the wife.
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They are unemployed through no fault of their own, yet they will carry theburdenofguiltand will continually have to prove their innocence week after week.
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