guiltiness

Definition of guiltinessnext

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Noun
  • Both adamantly denied their guilt at their arraignment.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
  • In a no contest plea, a defendant does not admit guilt but does not contest the charges and accepts punishment.
    Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • By the mid-level bureaucrat who finally decides the cost of complicity is too high.
    Bobby Ghosh, Time, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Veiel, conducting a forensic examination of Riefenstahl’s archives and other sources, picks apart the myth the filmmaker propagated after World War II that absolved herself of any complicity in Nazi atrocities.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Implying that the chatbot and image generation program itself is accountable allows people to hide from their own culpability in the bot’s shadow.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
  • When Congress was writing the drug laws in the 1980s and ‘90s, it was thought that higher purity in meth suggested greater culpability.
    Kevin Krause, Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Guiltiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guiltiness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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