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guiltiness|ˈgɪltɪnɪs|
[f. guilty a. + -ness.]
The condition, quality, or state of being guilty; criminality, culpability; an instance of this; also, consciousness of guilt. Const. of.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints, Thomas 172 Of giltines þe schame Is generit, & of It þe blame. 1535Coverdale John xix. 6 Take ye him & crucifye him for I fynde no giltynesse in him. 1601Sir W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca (1831) 10 Too much doubt argueth too much guiltinesse. 1676Allen Address Nonconf. 97 A guiltiness of a great Schism in the Church, and consequently of the many sad effects of it. a1740Waterland Wks. (1823) VI. 286 Arguments against Christianity, be they serious or ludicrous, are indifferently (not always in the same degree, or with the same guiltiness) attempts to subvert Christianity, and are consequently to be punished. 1752J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 89 His Guiltiness of the Crime libelled against him. a1834Lamb Misc. Wks. (1871) 469 False surmises of her guiltiness. 1849Stovel Introd. to Canne's Necess. 6 The loss of truth by neglect, whatever the present inducement, must ever before God be attended with inexcusable guiltiness. |