guilty conscience

Noun
  1. Remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense (synset 107551633)
    is a type of: compunction, remorse, self-reproach - a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
    subtypes: 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
    same as: guilt, guilt feelings, guilt trip

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