guiltiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for guiltiness
Noun
  • An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt: A 23-year-old woman from Peoria was arrested on charges of burglary and retail theft at 4:42 p.m. May 21 at North Washington Street and East Ogden Avenue.
    Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
  • For Omer Shem Tov, among the last of the hostages to be released before the ceasefire collapsed in March, there is an ever-present feeling of guilt.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Eight out of the ten defendants were found guilty of charges ranging from direct involvement to complicity in the crime, though their sentences were mostly suspended for time served.
    M. J. Corey, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
  • Demonstrations, sit-ins, and university divestment campaigns targeted America’s complicity.
    Time, Time, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Last season, viewers watched Matty Matlock go undercover at Jacobson Moore, an elite law firm in New York City, to investigate its culpability in the opioid epidemic.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 May 2025
  • That is a mischaracterization of facts put forth by the Sheriff's Department to help ease their own culpability.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 21 May 2025
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“Guiltiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guiltiness. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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