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bloodguilt

noun

Etymology

From blood + guilt, since the 16th century.

  1. derived from *geldaną✻
  2. derived from *geldan✻
  3. derived from *guldijā✻
  4. inherited from gylt — “guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”
  5. inherited from gilt
  6. compounded as bloodguilt — “blood + guilt”

Definitions

  1. Guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA