- The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment
resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong
action; the state of one who has broken a moral or political law;
crime; criminality; offense against right. - Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.
Guilt Guilt is the awareness of having violated a social norm of behaviour one identifies with, and feeling regret as a result. In psychoanalysis guilt is
Guilt culture Guilt culture means a culture which relies on its members' consciences and feelings of guilt to maintain order and social control. Such a culture is vulnerable to the
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