sense of guilt
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseandguilt
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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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 ofsenseandguiltfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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From a reading of the narratives in full, it is clear to us that asenseofguiltwas never justified.
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Her mere presence appeared to instil a neededsenseofguiltand shame in the children she assumed as her moral burden.
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It cannot be inferred from the signs of asenseofguiltwhether an act was committed or not.
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If one could truly believe this philosophy, then thesenseofguiltwas bound to evaporate.
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Likewise, there was no profoundsenseofguilt.
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Anysenseofguiltor shame is looked for, also any pressure by one member of the couple on the other.
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However, this moral certainty does not relieve the judge of asenseofguiltand regret.
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Since the emotion is so painful, thesenseofguiltmay be suppressed and covered over by other emotions or patterns, such as rage or apathy.
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The desire is itself an indicator of repressed racial awareness because without anysenseofguilt, however buried, over the exercise of racial power, there would be no defensiveness.
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The unemployed person who develops asenseofguiltand shame about his unemployment, when it is the fault of others, retreats into isolation.
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There appears to be asenseofguiltin those words.
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He has no doubts, and he has, rightly, nosenseofguiltor shame about the country.
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Non-discriminatory legislation can often create in the minds of society an unwarrantedsenseofguilt.
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One of the reasons given by victims for not complaining at the time, or soon afterwards, was theirsenseofguiltand shame.
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I could almost feel asenseofguiltrunning through it.
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We feel thatsenseofguiltvery deeply.
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I feel a slightsenseofguiltover this matter.
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We sometimes suffer from an immensesenseofguiltabout what we as a nation have done in the past few hundred years.
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Some times the stress is social and psychological—reduced contact with friends and relations, even a hiddensenseofguilt.
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