misguilt
/mɪsˈɡɪlt/
misguilt noun: offense; misdeed; crime; fault.
Noun
misguilt (uncountable)
- Offense; misdeed; crime; fault.
- If a burgess be attached out of the burgh for debt, or for any misguilt, his neighbours shall pass to bail him on their own proper dispense, provided he be taken within the sheriffdom; […]1899, The Cooper craft
- Synonyms:
- baseness, corruption, defilement, degeneracy, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity, impurity, iniquity
Verb
misguilt (third-person singular simple present misguilts, present participle misguilting, simple past and past participle misguilted)
- To do wrong.
Synonyms of misguilt
- baseness
- corruption
- defilement
- degeneracy
- degradation
- depravation
- depravedness
- depravity
- impurity
- iniquity
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Forms of misguilt
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | misgilt |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | misguilts |
| present participle | misguilting |
| past participle | misguilted |
| past | misguilted |
Origin of misguilt
From Middle English misgilt, equivalent to mis- + guilt.
Questions about misguilt
- What does misguilt mean?
- Misguilt means offense; misdeed; crime; fault.
- What part of speech is misguilt?
- Misguilt can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce misguilt?
- Misguilt is pronounced /mɪsˈɡɪlt/.
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