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guilt trip

DEFINITIONS OF: guilt trip

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n remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense

Synonyms:
guilt, guilt feelings, guilty conscience
Types:
survivor guilt
a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died
Type of:
compunction, remorse, self-reproach
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
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