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
  • The prosecutors said the long lag showed consciousness of guilt.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Well, there are worse things to do with your guilt over saying something cruel in a drunken rant than throwing a very thoughtful 30th-birthday party, no?
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • One individual was also charged with complicity, and another was charged with resisting arrest, the department said.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Multiple Democrats have come out in favor of ousting her, including two who called on her to resign shortly after the Ethics panel came back with its finding of her culpability.
    Jared Gans, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2026
  • While the Russian government has taken steps in the past to acknowledge the culpability of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and his regime, some Russian-language commentators see the display as a massive step back toward denying the crimes of totalitarianism.
    Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Guiltiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guiltiness. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.

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