Collocations for guilt - noun
1. feeling
ADJ.
dreadful, terrible
QUANT.
pang, twinge
VERB + GUILT
be consumed with, be haunted by, be overwhelmed with, be racked with, feel, suffer
I knew that the next day I would be consumed with guilt. | You needn''t feel any guilt about me.
I knew that the next day I would be consumed with guilt. | You needn''t feel any guilt about me.
assuage
Talking to her helped to assuage my guilt.
Talking to her helped to assuage my guilt.
GUILT + VERB
sear sb, sweep over sb, wash over sb
Guilt swept over her.
Guilt swept over her.
GUILT + NOUN
complex | feelings
PREP.
~ about/at/over
He had no feelings of guilt over what he had done.
He had no feelings of guilt over what he had done.
PHRASES
a burden of guilt
the burden of guilt that she carried with her
the burden of guilt that she carried with her
a feeling/sense of guilt
2. fact of having broken a law/done sth wrong
VERB + GUILT
admit | establish, prove
It might be difficult to prove his guilt.
It might be difficult to prove his guilt.
GUILT + VERB
lie
There is no doubt as to where the guilt lies.
There is no doubt as to where the guilt lies.
PHRASES
an admission of guilt
I took his silence as an admission of guilt.
I took his silence as an admission of guilt.
proof of guilt