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guilt

[gilt] / gɪlt /


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Participants also reported lower levels of negative emotions, including sadness and guilt.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

It was difficult to determine what that guilt could ever produce.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

"We're responsible for their medical treatment, whether they do get treatment or they don't get treatment," Ficker says, "so there's often a lot of guilt associated with that - and that's normal."

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

It’s during a monologue in the seventh episode that we learn what haunts Wyck most: the guilt of causing his childhood friend’s drowning, which has weighed on him ever since.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

An overwhelming mix of shame, guilt and love wash over me like a giant wave.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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