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BLOODGUILT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bloodguilt mean?
• BLOODGUILT (noun)
The noun BLOODGUILT has 1 sense:
1. the state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder
Familiarity information: BLOODGUILT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("bloodguilt" is a kind of...):
guilt; guiltiness (the state of having committed an offense)
Derivation:
bloodguilty (guilty of murder or bloodshed)
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