guiltiness

noun

Definition of guiltinessnext
as in sinfulness

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  1. guilt
  2. complicity
  3. culpability
Noun
  • Helping children ‘get it right’ moves away from shame and guilt and toward feelings of positive self-worth and capability.
    Kelsey Mora, Contributor, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
  • By one hand, he is bound to himself, to his impiety, his recklessness, his envy and pride, his guilt and spite.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of guilt
Noun
  • The trial of 54 defendants took testimony about 789 individual crimes from around 900 witnesses and presented new details about the death flights, including the complicity of church officials, who sometimes blessed the pilots before their flights.
    Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • An international arrest warrant was issued against Assad last year after France's top court accused him of complicity in war crimes during the civil war.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of complicity
Noun
  • So Assad’s culpability and responsibility are really not even questioned.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The prosecution allegedly asserted inconsistent culpability theories by charging the shooter as an adult — he was also sentenced as an adult — while at the same time claiming the mom failed to control her minor child.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of culpability
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Thesaurus Entries Near guiltiness

guilt

guiltiness

guiltless

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