Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not guilty; innocent.

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  • adjective archaic Not guilty; innocent.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ guilty

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Examples

  • He was sure most of them would walk way "unguilty".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • For me science fiction is a completely unguilty pleasure.

    A particulary geeky side of scifi Tripp 2009

  • Those were my unguilty pleasure books, so I'm not at all surprised by this "trend."

    Saturday Snowstorm Hangovers 2008

  • Those were my unguilty pleasure books, so I'm not at all surprised by this "trend."

    Saturday Snowstorm Hangovers 2008

  • Those were my unguilty pleasure books, so I'm not at all surprised by this "trend."

    March 2008 2008

  • The problem with the Big Bopper was not the lyrics, but the salacious eager, unguilty, almost comandeering tone of his voice as he was enunciating his eagerness to copulate with nubile teens via song lyrics.

    Big Bopper Update Bill Crider 2007

  • But I don't believe, you punish the unguilty for the guilty.

    CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2007 2007

  • But how do I know, thought I, that even these bruises and maims that I have gotten, while I pursued only the laudable escape I had meditated, may not kindly have furnished me with the opportunity I am now tempted with to precipitate myself, and of surrendering up my life, spotless and unguilty, to that merciful Being who gave it!

    Pamela 2006

  • I don't usually do Girly Movie Nights, although I do watch a lot of Girly Movies – more than I admit to, in fact – and usually love them in a guilty or unguilty sort of way, depending on the quality of the film.

    Random bits mariness 2006

  • I used low-fat silken tofu, too, so I felt super unguilty eating it!

    Baked Vegan Cheesecake | Baking Bites 2005

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