guiltiness

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Noun
  • Denver author Josiah Hesse was raised by Evangelical parents in churches that believe in the torments of hell, that their poverty is due to their sinfulness and lack of faith.
    Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
  • This lawless crew shares dramaturgical DNA with the vice figures from medieval morality plays, personifications of sinfulness who would confide their schemes to the audience and make theatergoers their co-conspirators in a riveting game that obviously left its mark on a young Shakespeare.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Relieved of their blindfolds, the men now wore heavy rucksacks filled with colored rocks representing their anger (red), guilt and shame (black), and sadness (blue).
    Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Ashleigh Stovall described the guilt of having a good day, the confusion of feeling fine, then feeling terrible about giving herself permission to experience anything but sadness.
    Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Investigators are examining suspicions of bribery involving a foreign public official and complicity which concerns former French diplomat Fabrice Aidan.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Grossman succeeds in interrogating the very gaze his film is built upon, yet never fully escapes it, leaving the documentary caught between critique and complicity.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • As written and implemented, these laws place undue burden on proving individual culpability based on smoking-gun evidence of hate.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Defense attorneys suggest the culpability of each defendant is in question.
    Emerson Clarridge Updated February 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Guiltiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guiltiness. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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