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unguilting en · NOUN

Etymology

From unguilt, equivalent to unguilt + -ing.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The process or act of removing one's guilt; pardoning.
   • [...] the ego does not find secret outlet for aggression by turning the aggression against itself in an orgy of self-punishment, nor does it allow an orgy of misdeeds to be followed by a severe process of "un-guilting" by penitences [...] 2003, John Rickman, Pearl King, No ordinary psychoanalyst:
   • It was felt that this behaviour could be considered 'typically' Russian, and it was decided that it would be useful to collect and analyse other examples of 'unguilting'. 2001, Margaret Mead, John Rickman, Geoffrey Gorer, Russian culture:
   • Real religion is always a process of unguilting; false religions are always a process of guilting. 1977, Osho, Yoga Sudha (Ma.), Deva Bhasha (Ma.), The beloved: songs of the Baul mystics

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unguilting en · VERB

Etymology

From unguilt, equivalent to unguilt + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of unguilt
   form of unguilt

Forms

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un-guilting		alternative	lexicographic