different between guilt vs accusation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt
• Homophone: gilt

Etymology 1

From Middle English gilt, gult, from Old English gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”), of obscure origin. Perhaps connected with Old English ?ieldan (“to yield, pay, pay for, reward, requite, render, worship, serve, sacrifice to, punish”), whence yield.

Noun

guilt (usually uncountable, plural guilts)

1. Responsibility for wrongdoing.

   Antonym: innocence

2. (law) The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.

   Antonym: innocence

3. The regret of having done wrong.

   Synonym: remorse

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• regret

Etymology 2

From Middle English gilten, gylten, from Old English gyltan (“to commit sin, be guilty”), from gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”).

Verb

guilt (third-person singular simple present guilts, present participle guilting, simple past and past participle guilted)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To commit offenses; act criminally.
2. (transitive) To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) accusasiowne (15th century)
• (obsolete) accusacion (15th century)

Etymology

First attested in the late 14th century. From Middle English accusacion, borrowed from Old French acusacion (French accusation), from Latin acc?s?ti? (“accusation, indictment”), from acc?s? (“blame, accuse”). Doublet of accusatio. More at accuse. Equivalent to accuse +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æk.j?.?ze?.??n/, /?æk.j?.?ze?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

accusation (countable and uncountable, plural accusations)

1. The act of accusing.
2. (law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
3. An allegation.

Synonyms

• allegation
• assertion
• censure
• charge
• crimination
• impeachment

Translations

Anagrams

• anacoustic

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acc?s?ti?, acc?s?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ky.za.sj??/

Noun

accusation f (plural accusations)

1. accusation

Derived terms

• chef d'accusation

Related terms

• accuser

References

• “accusation” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).

Further reading

• “accusation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

accusation (plural accusationes)

1. accusation