misguilt

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/mɪsˈɡɪlt/

noun

Offense; misdeed; crime; fault.

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OriginMiddle English misgilt →
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Meanings

nounmisguilt (uncountable)

alternative obsolete misgilt

  1. uncountableOffense; misdeed; crime; fault.

    If a burgess be attached out of the burgh for debt, or for any misguilt, his neighbours shall pass to bail him on their own proper dispense, provided he be taken within the sheriffdom; […]

    1899, The Cooper craft

    Synonyms: baseness, corruption, defilement, degeneracy, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity

verbmisguilt (third-person singular simple present misguilts, present participle misguilting, simple past and past participle misguilted)

present singular third person misguilts · participle present misguilting · participle past misguilted · past misguilted · alternative obsolete misgilt

  1. intransitiveTo do wrong.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOffense; misdeed; crime; fault.

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Also see
basenessdefilementdegeneracydepravationdepravednessdepravityimpurityiniquitylewditymisdoingobliquitypeccabilityperversionpollutionpravitysinsinfulnessturpitudevitiationwrongdoing

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmisgilt
  2. Englishmisguilt

From Middle English misgilt, equivalent to mis- + guilt.

More words from Middle English

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

misguilt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misguilt

MLA

“misguilt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misguilt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misguilt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misguilt.

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