Misguilt
//mɪsˈɡɪlt// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Offense; misdeed; crime; fault. uncountable
"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; […]"
Verb
- 1 To do wrong. intransitive
Example
More examples"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; […]"
Etymology
From Middle English misgilt, equivalent to mis- + guilt.
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