Synonyms of survivor guilt

Noun


1. survivor guilt, guilt, guilty conscience, guilt feelings, guilt trip

usage: a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died; "survivor guilt was first noted in those who survived the Holocaust"

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