forguilt

verb

Etymology

From Middle English forgilten, forgulten (“to render guilty, forfeit by guilt”), from Old English forgyltan (“to sin, be or become guilty”), equivalent to for- + guilt.

  1. inherited from forgyltan
  2. inherited from forgilten

Definitions

  1. To bring into a state of guilt

    To bring into a state of guilt; make guilty.

  2. To forfeit by guilty conduct

    To forfeit by guilty conduct; bring into by guilt.

  3. To be guilty.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for forguilt. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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