guiltiness

noun

Definition of guiltinessnext
as in sinfulness

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  1. sinfulness
  2. guilt
  3. complicity
  4. culpability
Noun
  • But soon after, in Genesis 18, God tells Abraham of plans to investigate reports of sinfulness in Sodom and Gomorrah.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of sinfulness
Noun
  • Forced to face her first love and her own guilt, Yazz must consider whether old wounds can truly heal or only leave scars.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The late content creator reflected on love, guilt and friendship in the essay.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of guilt
Noun
  • In my view, to tell the story of America’s founding without referencing these profound scars is akin to deceit, if not complicity.
    — Jacob Ware, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
  • Paul releases some of Fauci’s diary Paul in his opening statement sought to build the case that Fauci helped produce the COVID-19 pandemic by approving funding of research on virus mutations and then covered up his complicity.
    — Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of complicity
Noun
  • Based upon their replies, occupying Allied officials ranked their culpability, then tried the worst offenders — most famously in the Nuremberg trials, but also in numerous local tribunals.
    — Fern Schumer Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But the legal system’s binary standard—sane and guilty, or insane and not—fits imperfectly with human intuitions about culpability in tragedies like the Clancys’.
    — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
Definition of culpability
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“Guiltiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guiltiness. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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