Delinquent
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan. Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense
Part of speech: noun
Definition: One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws. a term applied to royalists by their opponents in the English Civil War 1642 - 1645. Charles I was known as the chief delinquent.
Example sentence: My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent.
Guilty
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Responsible for a dishonest act.Judged to have committed a crime.Having a sense of guiltBlameworthy.
Example sentence: Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.