To sign guilt in ASL, extend your index finger and thumb from a fist with the other fingers closed. Hold the hand across your chest, the index finger pointing to the side and the palm facing you, and touch the side of the hand to the chest with a small movement. Then lower the hand.
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How to sign it
Handshape: the index finger and thumb extended side by side, the other fingers closed.
Location: the chest.
Movement: touch the side of the hand to the chest with a small movement.
Palm orientation: the palm faces your chest.
Use it in a sentence
MAN FEEL GUILT.
The man feels guilt.
Lifeprint (ASL University) shows guilt and guilty in video only, with no written description. This page follows the AISA video.
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