Unguilting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Unguilting is a noun meaning The process or act of removing one's guilt; pardoning.
Meaning
The process or act of removing one's guilt; pardoning.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of unguilt
Example Sentences
Real religion is always a process of unguilting; false religions are always a process of guilting.
It was felt that this behaviour could be considered 'typically' Russian, and it was decided that it would be useful to collect and analyse other examples of 'unguilting'.
[...] the ego does not find secret outlet for aggression by turning the aggression against itself in an orgy of self-punishment, nor does it allow an orgy of misdeeds to be followed by a severe process of "un-guilting" by penitences [...]
Word Forms
- un-guilting
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include purgation, pardoning, exoneration, exculpation, absolution, expurgation.
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