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bloodguilt

bloodguilt noun: guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood.

Noun

bloodguilt (uncountable)

  1. Guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood.

Origin of bloodguilt

From blood + guilt, since the 16th century.

Words formed from bloodguilt

Questions about bloodguilt

What does bloodguilt mean?
Bloodguilt means guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood.
What part of speech is bloodguilt?
Bloodguilt is a noun.

Words near bloodguilt in the dictionary

  1. bloodflukes
  2. bloodful
  3. Bloodgate
  4. Bloodgood
  5. Bloodgoods
  6. bloodguilt
  7. bloodguiltiness
  8. bloodguiltless
  9. bloodguilty
  10. bloodhead
  11. bloodheads

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