burden of guilt

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• guilt — noun 1 feeling ADJECTIVE ▪ intense, overwhelming, terrible, tremendous ▪ lingering ▪ sexual ▪ Catholic …   Collocations dictionary

• guilt — guilt1 [gılt] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: gylt] 1.) a strong feeling of shame and sadness because you know that you have done something wrong ▪ He used to buy them expensive presents, out of guilt. guilt about/at/over ▪ Don t you have any… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• burden — noun 1 responsibility/worry ADJECTIVE ▪ enormous, great, heavy, huge, onerous, significant, substantial, terrible, tremendous ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• burden — bur|den1 [ bɜrdn ] noun count ** 1. ) usually singular a serious or difficult responsibility that you have to deal with: Unemployment places a heavy burden on the welfare state. burden of: Men say they are willing to share the burden of domestic… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• burden — I UK [ˈbɜː(r)d(ə)n] / US [ˈbɜrd(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms burden : singular burden plural burdens ** 1) a) [usually singular] a serious or difficult responsibility that you have to deal with Unemployment places a heavy burden on the… …   English dictionary

• burden of proof — bur·den of proof: the responsibility of producing sufficient evidence in support of a fact or issue and favorably persuading the trier of fact (as a judge or jury) regarding that fact or issue the burden of proof is sometimes upon the defendant… …   Law dictionary

• guilt — n [Old English gylt delinquency]: the fact of having committed an offense esp. against the law not enough evidence to establish guilt compare innocence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• Burden in My Hand — Infobox Single Name = Burden in My Hand Caption = Artist = Soundgarden from Album = Down on the Upside A side = B side = Karaoke Released = September 18, 1996 Format = CD single, Vinyl Recorded = November 1995 – February 1996 Genre = Grunge… …   Wikipedia

• burden — 01. Taking care of a puppy can be a real [burden] at times. They need to be walked, fed, played with, trained, etc. 02. My parents say they don t want to live with me when they are old because they don t want to be a [burden]. 03. I don t want to …   Grammatical examples in English

• burden — Synonyms and related words: Spenserian stanza, accommodation, add, adjoin, affix, afflict, affliction, agglutinate, agitate, albatross, allegiance, amount, anacrusis, annex, antistrophe, append, arraignability, arraignableness, assigned task,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• burden — 1. noun a financial burden Syn: responsibility, onus, obligation, liability, trouble, care, problem, worry, strain 2. verb avoid burdening them with guilt Syn: oppress, trouble, worry, weigh down …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary