Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unguilting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-guilt-ing
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process or act of removing one's guilt; pardoning.

Uncountable

verb

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 [...]"

Etymology

From unguilt, equivalent to unguilt + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: unguilt

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

un-guilting (alternative)

Questions

What does unguilting mean?: The process or act of removing one's guilt; pardoning.
Where does unguilting come from?: From unguilt, equivalent to unguilt + -ing.

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