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GUILT

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 695 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GUILT , a See also:

LAPSE (Lat. lapses, a slip or departure)

lapse from See also:

DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty, a See also:

CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime, now usually the fact of wilful wrong-doing, the See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of being guilty of a crime, hence conduct deserving of See also:

PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment . The O . Eng. See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the word is gylt .

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