Synonyms for guiltiness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : gil-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɪl ti

Top 10 synonyms for guiltiness Other synonyms for the word guiltiness

Définition of guiltiness

Origin :
  • late 14c., from guilty + -ness.
  • As in collusion : noun secret understanding, often with intent to defraud
  • As in complicity : noun conspiracy
Example sentences :
  • And the punishment must be of a degree to represent the guiltiness of the conduct.
  • Extract from : « The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern » by Knowles King
  • "You like your little bit of guiltiness, I believe," he said.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
  • It accused her of some guiltiness, uncommitted and indefensible.
  • Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith
  • Think not shame because of your guiltiness; necessity must not blush to beg.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Rutherford » by Samuel Rutherford
  • Down-casting, sense of guiltiness, and hunger, are often best for us.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Rutherford » by Samuel Rutherford
  • Dove even confessed to a feeling of guiltiness, yet could remember no offence.
  • Extract from : « Miss Primrose » by Roy Rolfe Gilson
  • Lady Maisie (with a guiltiness which she tries to carry off under dignity).
  • Extract from : « Lyre and Lancet » by F. Anstey
  • Your father's innocence now must be maintained instead of his guiltiness.
  • Extract from : « Erema » by R. D. Blackmore
  • Is not our need—our need in anxiety, our need in guiltiness—to be a motive in our religion?
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on religion at the front » by Neville Stuart Talbot
  • The gulf between holiness and guiltiness tends also to disappear.
  • Extract from : « Preaching and Paganism » by Albert Parker Fitch

Antonyms for guiltiness

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