Guilt"y (?), a. [Compar. Gultier (?); superl. Guiltiest.] [AS. gyltig liable. See Guilt.] 1. Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment.

They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife.

2. Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.

3. Conscious; cognizant. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

4. Condemned to payment. [Obs. & R.] Dryden.

• responsible for a dishonest act
       
• He was guilty of cheating at cards
  
• (law) judged to have committed a crime
       
• The guilty man was led away
  
• having a sense of guilt
       
• Do you have a guilty conscience?
  
• blameworthy
       
• I have a guilty secret
  
• (law) a plea by a defendent who does not contest a charge
  
• (law) a verdict of a judge or jury on a defendent judged to have committed a crime