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unguilt

unguilt verb: to remove the sin or guilt from; pardon; excuse. Also the obsolete form of ungilt.

Verb

unguilt (third-person singular simple present unguilts, present participle unguilting, simple past and past participle unguilted)

  1. (transitive) To remove the sin or guilt from; pardon; excuse.
    • [...] admits his guilt and then finds relatives who want to "unguilt" him, [...]1986, Edward Haymes, Stephanie Cain Van D'Elden, Midwest Modern Language Association, The Dark figure in medieval German and Germanic literature
    • But I felt unguilted as soon as I did it. It made the whole incident feel normal, run-of-the-mill.2006, Libby Sternberg, Finding the Forger

Noun

unguilt (uncountable)

  1. Guiltlessness; innocence.
    • The guilt, the crime strikes first, and from it are abstracted the negations unguilt, innocence.1853, Francis Lieber, On civil liberty and self-government - Page 21
    • ("I love you for the unguilt of your madness . . .")1976, Rochelle Heller Stone, Bolesław Leśmian: The Poet and His Poetry

Also used as

unguilt is also the obsolete form of ungilt.

Examples of unguilt in a sentence

  • No sin goes unpunished here, no joy unguilted.2009, David Janssen, Edward Whitelock, Apocalypse Jukebox: The End of the World in American Popular Music - Page 72:
  • When he looks at her she wears a secretive smile, the knowledge of their act between them like a thauma'd thing, laced with the unguilt of defiant exploration.2015, Micah Blacklight, Chapter Twenty-One: Songhai:

Synonyms of unguilt

Forms of unguilt

third-person singular presentunguilts
present participleunguilting
past participleunguilted
pastunguilted

Origin of unguilt

From un- + guilt.

From un- + guilt (“gilt”).

Words formed from unguilt

Words that rhyme with unguilt

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Questions about unguilt

What does unguilt mean?
Unguilt means to remove the sin or guilt from; pardon; excuse.
How do you use unguilt in a sentence?
No sin goes unpunished here, no joy unguilted.
What part of speech is unguilt?
Unguilt can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of unguilt?
The past tense of unguilt is unguilted.

Words near unguilt in the dictionary

  1. unguiform
  2. unguiled
  3. unguileful
  4. unguilefully
  5. unguillotined
  6. unguilt
  7. unguilted
  8. unguiltily
  9. unguiltiness
  10. unguilting
  11. unguilts

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