guiltiness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English giltines; equivalent to guilty +‎ -ness.

Noun[edit]

guiltiness (countable and uncountable, plural guiltinesses)

The state of being guilty; guilt.
- c. 1626, Joseph Hall, Saint Paul's Combat (sermon)
  those speculative relapsers, that have, out of policy, or guiltiness, abandoned a known and received truth

Antonyms[edit]

innocence

Translations[edit]

state of being guilty

Irish: coireacht f, ciontacht f, coiriúlacht f
Japanese: 有罪 (ja) (yūzai)
Latvian: vainīgums m, vainība f
Spanish: culpabilidad f

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