Unguilt

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of ungilt (“not gilded”) alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete

    "Two silver monteths, two large fflaggons, two large tankards, two silver salvers, a voyder and a knyfe, two silver salts, two guilt bolls of the like size, one other boll, three silver bolls, in all 24 pieces guilt and unguilt."

Noun
  1. 1
    Guiltlessness; innocence. uncountable

    "The guilt, the crime strikes first, and from it are abstracted the negations unguilt, innocence."

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the sin or guilt from; pardon; excuse. transitive

    "[...] admits his guilt and then finds relatives who want to "unguilt" him, [...]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- + guilt.

Etymology 2

From un- + guilt.

Etymology 3

From un- + guilt (“gilt”).

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