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unguilt¹

Rhymes with -ɪlt

Where it comes from

From un- + guilt.

verb unguilts · unguilting · unguilted

  1. transitive To remove the sin or guilt from; pardon; excuse. [...] admits his guilt and then finds relatives who want to "unguilt" him, [...]

noun

  1. uncountable Guiltlessness; innocence. The guilt, the crime strikes first, and from it are abstracted the negations unguilt, innocence.

    Similar: innocency, blamelessness, cleanness, inculpability, innocence, guiltlessness, unguilt

unguilt²

Rhymes with -ɪlt

Where it comes from

From un- + guilt (“gilt”).

adjective

  1. not comparable, obsolete Obsolete form of ungilt (“not gilded”) Two silver monteths, two large fflaggons, two large tankards, two silver salvers, a voyder and a knyfe, two silver salts, two guilt bolls of the like size, one other boll, three silver bolls, in all 24 pieces guilt and unguilt.

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@misc{unguilt_2026,
  title = {unguilt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unguilt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}