misguilt
English
Alternative forms
- misgilt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English misgilt, equivalent to mis- + guilt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪsˈɡɪlt/
Noun
misguilt (uncountable)
- Offense; misdeed; crime; fault.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:iniquity
- 1899, The Cooper craft:
- 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; […]
Verb
misguilt (third-person singular simple present misguilts, present participle misguilting, simple past and past participle misguilted)
- (intransitive) To do wrong.