noun
the fact of having committed a specified or implied offense or crime.
Similar:
culpability, guiltiness, blameworthiness, wrongdoing, wrong, wrongfulness, criminality, unlawfulness, misconduct, delinquency
sin, sinfulness, iniquity, responsibility, accountability, liability, answerability
Opposite: innocence
verb Informal
make (someone) feel guilty, especially in order to induce them to do something.