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bloodguiltiness - What does it mean?

Definition of 'bloodguiltiness'

English

Alternative forms

* blood-guiltiness

Noun

(-)
  • Guilt of having shed blood or killed someone.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.ii:
    • high God, in lieu of innocence, / Imprinted had that token of his wrath, / To shew how sore bloudguiltinesse he hat'th [...].

    Similar to 'bloodguiltiness'

    bloodsheddings, blithesomeness