unguilty

adj

unguilty

adj

/ʌnˈɡɪl.ti/

Etymology Inherited from Middle English ungilti, ungulti, from Old English ungyltiġ; equivalent to un- + guilty.

1

Not guilty.

  • XLVI "Tell me what will you do? why would you stain Your noble hands in our unguilty blood?1544-1595, Edward Fairfax (1560-1635), Jerusalem Delivered:
  • And further I imagined and sayd, Alasse what Judge is he that is so gentle or benigne, that will thinke that I am unguilty of the slaughter and murther of these three men.1566, William Adlington, The Golden Asse:
Derived terms
unguiltiness

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