Unguilt
adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Guiltlessness; innocence. uncountable
"The guilt, the crime strikes first, and from it are abstracted the negations unguilt, innocence."
Verb
- 1 To remove the sin or guilt from; pardon; excuse. transitive
"[...] admits his guilt and then finds relatives who want to "unguilt" him, [...]"
Adjective
- 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."
Synonyms
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More examples"[...] admits his guilt and then finds relatives who want to "unguilt" him, [...]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From un- + guilt.
Etymology 2
From un- + guilt (“gilt”).