misguilt

English

Alternative forms

• misgilt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English misgilt, equivalent to mis- +‎ guilt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈɡɪlt/

Noun

misguilt (uncountable)

1. 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)

1. (intransitive) To do wrong.