Meanings
plural guiltinesses
- countableuncountableThe state of being guilty; guilt.
those speculative relapsers, that have, out of policy, or guiltiness, abandoned a known and received truth
c. 1626, Joseph Hall, Saint Paul's Combat, (sermon)Synonyms: culpability, blameworthiness, culpability, guilt, noninnocence, uninnocence · Antonyms: innocence, blamelessness, cleanness, inculpability, innocence, innocency, guiltlessness, unguilt
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being guilty; guilt.
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Origin
- Middle Englishgiltines
- Englishguiltiness
From Middle English giltines; equivalent to guilty + -ness.
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Irish coireacht, ciontacht
- coireachtstate of being guilty
- ciontachtstate of being guilty
- coiriúlachtstate of being guilty
Japanese 有罪
- 有罪 (yūzai)state of being guilty
Latvian vainīgums, vainība
- vainīgumsstate of being guilty
- vainībastate of being guilty
Spanish culpabilidad
- culpabilidadstate of being guilty
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guiltiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guiltiness
“guiltiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guiltiness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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