misguilt

noun, verb — 2 senses

misguilt

noun

/mɪsˈɡɪlt/

Etymology From Middle English misgilt, equivalent to mis- + guilt.

1

Offense; misdeed; crime; fault.

  • If a burgess be attached out of the burgh for debt, or for any misguilt, his neighbours shall pass to bail him on their own proper dispense, provided he be taken within the sheriffdom; […]1899, The Cooper craft

misguilt

verb

Etymology From Middle English misgilt, equivalent to mis- + guilt.

1

To do wrong.

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