guiltiness

guiltiness

English

Etymology

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

Noun

guiltiness (countable and uncountable, plural guiltinesses)

1. 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

• innocence

Translations

state of being guilty

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