"misguilt" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪsˈɡɪlt/ Forms: misgilt [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: From Middle English misgilt, equivalent to mis- + guilt. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misgilt}} Middle English misgilt, {{pre|en|mis|guilt}} mis- + guilt Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} misguilt (uncountable)
  1. Offense; misdeed; crime; fault. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-misguilt-en-noun-GoqN~6b1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Synonyms: baseness, corruption, defilement, degeneracy, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity, impurity, iniquity, lewdity, malignity, misdoing, misguilt, obliquity, peccability, perversion, pollution, pravity [archaic], sin, sinfulness, turpitude, vitiation, wickedness, wrongdoing

Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈɡɪlt/ Forms: misguilts [present, singular, third-person], misguilting [participle, present], misguilted [participle, past], misguilted [past], misgilt [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: From Middle English misgilt, equivalent to mis- + guilt. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misgilt}} Middle English misgilt, {{pre|en|mis|guilt}} mis- + guilt Head templates: {{en-verb}} misguilt (third-person singular simple present misguilts, present participle misguilting, simple past and past participle misguilted)
  1. (intransitive) To do wrong. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-misguilt-en-verb-aNiF~swv
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