Unguilt

Quick meaning: Unguilt is a verb meaning (transitive) To remove the sin or guilt from; pardon; excuse.

Meaning

(transitive) To remove the sin or guilt from; pardon; excuse.

More Meanings

1. Guiltlessness; innocence.
2. Obsolete form of ungilt (“not gilded”)

Example Sentences

No sin goes unpunished here, no joy unguilted.

("I love you for the unguilt of your madness . . .")

[...] admits his guilt and then finds relatives who want to "unguilt" him, [...]

The guilt, the crime strikes first, and from it are abstracted the negations unguilt, innocence.

Word Forms

• unguilts
• unguilting
• unguilted

Synonyms for unguilt

Depending on context, synonyms include innocency, blamelessness, cleanness, inculpability, innocence, guiltlessness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disculpate, excuse, expiate, justify, purge, purify.

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