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GUILTINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of having committed an offense
Synonyms:
guilt; guiltiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("guiltiness" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guiltiness"):
blameworthiness; culpability; culpableness (a state of guilt)
bloodguilt (the state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder)
complicity (guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense)
criminalism; criminality; criminalness (the state of being a criminal)
guilt by association (the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty)
impeachability; indictability (the state of being liable to impeachment)
Derivation:
guilty (showing a sense of guilt)
guilty (responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act)
