单词 | guiltiness |
释义 | guiltinessn. The condition, quality, or state of being guilty; criminality, culpability; an instance of this; also, consciousness of guilt. Const. of. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [noun] sakeOE wite?c1225 blame1297 guiltc1330 fault1377 culpablenessc1380 guiltinessc1480 guiltyship1557 faultiness1571 fact1583 blameworthinessa1586 delinquishment1593 obnoxiousness1610 nocency1611 delinquence1613 nocence1614 piacle1619 deliquity1682 society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [noun] > state of guiltinessc1480 guilt?1510 guiltyship1557 faultiness1571 blameworthinessa1586 uninnocence1593 obnoxiousness1610 nocency1611 nocence1614 culpability1675 c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 173 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 134 Of giltines þe schame Is generit, & of It þe blame. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) John xix. 6 Take ye him & crucifye him for I fynde no giltynesse in him. 1601 W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca sig. A7 Too much doubt argueth too much guiltines. 1676 W. Allen Serious & Friendly Addr. Non-conformists 97 A guiltiness of a great Schism in the Church, and consequently of the many sad effects of it. a1740 D. Waterland 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. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 89 His Guiltiness of the Crime libelled against him. a1834 C. Lamb Misc. Wks. (1871) 469 False surmises of her guiltiness. 1849 C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation Introd. p. vi The loss of truth by neglect, whatever the present inducement, must ever before God be attended with inexcusable guiltiness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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