Definition of Bloodguilt

1. Noun. The state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder.

Generic synonyms: Guilt, Guiltiness
Derivative terms: Bloodguilty

Definition of Bloodguilt

1. Noun. guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bloodguilt

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloodguilt

bloodborne
bloodcurdling
bloodcurdlingly
bloode
blooded
bloodedness
blooden
bloodened
bloodening
bloodens
bloodfest
bloodfin
bloodfins
bloodflower
bloodflowers
bloodguilt (current term)
bloodguiltiness
bloodguilts
bloodguilty
bloodhead
bloodheads
bloodhound
bloodhounds
bloodied
bloodied nose
bloodied noses
bloodier
bloodies
bloodiest
bloodily

Literary usage of Bloodguilt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Secret Bible: A Secular Approach by Joseph R. Rosenbloom (2006)
"... and is beaten to death, no bloodguilt is incurred; but if it happens after sunrise, bloodguilt is incurred" (22.2f.) • "You shall not permit a female ..."

2. The Friend of Peace by Noah Worcester, Massachusetts Peace Society (1821)
"But if bis statements and views are correct—if our people " have been the aggressors—very much the aggressors in this war," what a weight of bloodguilt- ..."

3. Greek Votive Offerings: An Essay in the History of Greek Religion by William Henry Denham Rouse (1902)
"... for bloodguilt, Plut. Solon 12. 3 Herod, i. 50, 51. These were not dedicated all at the same time; see above, p. ..."

4. The Constitution a Pro-slavery Compact, Or, Extracts from the Madison Papers by James Madison, Wendell Phillips (1856)
"... can be freedom with slavery, union with injustice, and safety with bloodguilt- iness. A union of virtue with pollution is the triumph of licentiousness. ..."

5. True Stories of the Great War: Tales of Adventure--heroic Deeds--exploits by Francis Trevelyan Miller (1917)
"What a joke for these two orthodox Slavs to load upon this "steed of God" the bloodguilt of their stratagem! They laugh—laugh till their eyes fill with ..."

6. True Stories of the Great War: Tales of Adventure--heroic Deeds--exploits by Francis Trevelyan Miller (1917)
"What a joke for these two orthodox Slavs to load upon this "steed of God" the bloodguilt of their stratagem! They laugh—laugh till their eyes fill with ..."

7. Madeline McDowell Breckinridge: A Leader in the New South by Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (1921)
"Politically it was described as " Bloody B." As she wrote of it later: It was a precinct which with pain and travail, with violence and bloodguilt, ..."

8. The Constitution a Pro-slavery Compact: Or, Extracts from the Madison Papers by James Madison (1856)
"It assumes that to be practicable which is impossible, namely, that there can be freedom with slavery, union with injustice, and safety with bloodguilt- ..."

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