unguilty

U1N1G2U1I1L1T1Y4
/ʌnˈɡɪl.ti/

adjective

Not guilty.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveunguilty (comparative more unguilty, superlative most unguilty)

comparative more unguilty · superlative most unguilty

  1. Not guilty.

    XLVI "Tell me what will you do? why would you stain Your noble hands in our unguilty blood?

    1544-1595, Edward Fairfax (1560-1635), Jerusalem Delivered
    1 more example

    And further I imagined and sayd, Alasse what Judge is he that is so gentle or benigne, that will thinke that I am unguilty of the slaughter and murther of these three men.

    1566, William Adlington, The Golden Asse

    Synonyms: guiltless, innocent, blameless, clean, clean-handed, clean as a hound's tooth, clean as a whistle, clear

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Old Englishungyltiġ
  2. Middle Englishungilti
  3. Englishunguilty

Inherited from Middle English ungilti, ungulti, from Old English ungyltiġ; equivalent to un- + guilty.

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Translations

Finnish syytön, viaton
  • syytönnot guilty
  • viatonnot guilty
French 1800taxmeno
  • 1800taxmenonot guilty

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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