guilt vs guiltiness what difference
what is difference between guilt and guiltiness
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɪlt/
- Rhymes: -ɪlt
- Homophone: gilt
Etymology 1
From Middle English gilt, gult, from Old English gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”), of obscure origin. Perhaps connected with Old English ġieldan (“to yield, pay, pay for, reward, requite, render, worship, serve, sacrifice to, punish”), whence yield.
Noun
guilt (usually uncountable, plural guilts)
- Responsibility for wrongdoing.
- Antonym: innocence
- (law) The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.
- Antonym: innocence
- The regret of having done wrong.
- Synonym: remorse
Derived terms
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See also
- regret
Etymology 2
From Middle English gilten, gylten, from Old English gyltan (“to commit sin, be guilty”), from gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”).
Verb
guilt (third-person singular simple present guilts, present participle guilting, simple past and past participle guilted)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To commit offenses; act criminally.
- (transitive) To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.
English
Etymology
guilty + -ness
Noun
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
- c. 1626, Joseph Hall, Saint Paul’s Combat (sermon)
Antonyms
- innocence
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