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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually prolonged feeling of guilt or culpability.
 - idiom (lay a guilt trip on) To make or try to make (someone) feel guilty.
 
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- noun idiomatic  A 
feeling ofshame orembarrassment , especially ifself-indulgent ,unwarranted ,exaggerated or felt over a significant period of time. - noun idiomatic  
Remarks intended to produce such a feeling. 
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense
 
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