misguilt
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misguilt
- /mɪsˈɡɪlt/
Where it comes from
From Middle English misgilt, equivalent to mis- + guilt.
noun misgilt
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Offense; misdeed; crime; fault.
If a burgess be attached out of the burgh for debt, or for any misguilt, his neighbours shall pass to bail him on their own proper dispense, provided he be taken within the sheriffdom; […]
Similar: baseness, corruption, defilement, degeneracy, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity, impurity, iniquity, lewdity, malignity
verb misguilts · misguilting · misguilted · misgilt
- To do wrong.
Talk about this word "misguilt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/misguilt. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. misguilt. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/misguilt "misguilt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/misguilt.Cite this
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