Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unguilt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-guilt
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove the sin or guilt from; pardon; excuse.

Transitive verb

noun

Guiltlessness; innocence.

Uncountable

adj

Obsolete form of ungilt (“not gilded”)

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[...] admits his guilt and then finds relatives who want to "unguilt" him, [...]"
"But I felt unguilted as soon as I did it. It made the whole incident feel normal, run-of-the-mill."
"No sin goes unpunished here, no joy unguilted."
"The guilt, the crime strikes first, and from it are abstracted the negations unguilt, innocence."
"("I love you for the unguilt of your madness . . .")"
"When he looks at her she wears a secretive smile, the knowledge of their act between them like a thauma'd thing, laced with the unguilt of defiant exploration."

Etymology

From un- + guilt.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Inflected Forms

unguilts (present, singular) unguilting (participle, present) unguilted (participle, past) unguilted (past)

Derived Forms

unguilting

Synonyms

innocency blamelessness cleanness inculpability innocence guiltlessness unguilt

Rhymes With

built guilt tilt rebuilt quilt wilt gilt silt spilt hilt kilt milt

Questions

What does unguilt mean?: To remove the sin or guilt from; pardon; excuse.
Where does unguilt come from?: From un- + guilt.

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