survivor guilt

Noun survivor guilt has 1 sense

• survivor guilt(n = noun.feeling) - 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"
is a kind of guilt, guilt feelings, guilt trip, guilty conscience
is a part of posttraumatic stress disorder, ptsd