Which was in response to this. Which you already know.
And it simply is not about guilt. That is reserved for criminal trials.
It is about
responsibility by preponderance of the evidence.
A low standard of proof.
guilt
noun \ˈgilt\
: responsibility for a crime
or for doing something bad or wrong --- my words (as in not fulfilling your contract)
: a bad feeling caused by knowing or thinking that you have done something bad or wrong
Full Definition of GUILT
1
: the fact of having committed a breach of conduct especially violating law and involving a penalty; broadly : guilty conduct
2
a : the state of one who has committed an offense especially consciously
b : feelings of culpability especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy : self-reproach
3
: a feeling of culpability for offenses
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Examples of GUILT
The jury determines the defendant's guilt or innocence.
His guilt in the matter was indisputable.
It was clear that the guilt lay with him.
a strong sense of guilt
She feels guilt over something that happened before she was born!
our secret guilts and insecurities
Origin of GUILT
Middle English, delinquency, guilt, from Old English gylt delinquency
First Known Use: before 12th century
Related to GUILT
Synonyms
contriteness, contrition, penitence, regret, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, rue, self-reproach, shame
Antonyms
impenitence, remorselessness
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