GUILTINESS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

guiltiness

noun

Definition of guiltiness

as in sinfulness

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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

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Another study found that Americans felt less collective guilt about harm done to Iraqis when they were reminded of 9/11—and even when they were reminded of Pearl Harbor.

— Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
But her fumbling coming-of-age is fraught with guilt, mostly about Callie and her shattered mother.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of guilt

Noun

The paper trail of royal complicity in slavery thus stretches across three centuries.

— Brooke N. Newman, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
Curiously, the same thing happened to Altobelli, and the two of us ended up breaking into a clamorous chorus of laughter, confirming our complicity, especially when laughing at one of our idols.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of complicity

Noun

The horrors of the atomic bomb, America’s culpability and relation to postwar Japan, and the morality of revenge are major themes in Minus Zero.

— James Grebey, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
Students and activists protested the funding structure, accusing ExxonMobil of retracing the path of tobacco companies, which paid for scientific work on obscure causes of cancer as a distraction from their culpability.

— Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of culpability

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