unguilty

Inherited from Middle English ungilti, ungulti, from Old English ungyltiġ; equivalent to un- +‎ guilty.

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈɡɪl.ti/
• Rhymes: -ɪlti

unguilty (comparative more unguilty, superlative most unguilty)

1. Not guilty.

   Synonyms: guiltless, innocent

   • 1544-1595, Edward Fairfax (1560-1635), Jerusalem Delivered‎:

     XLVI "Tell me what will you do? why would you stain Your noble hands in our unguilty blood?

   • 1566, William Adlington, The Golden Asse‎:

     And further I imagined and sayd, Alasse what Judge is he that is so gentle or benigne, that will thinke that I am unguilty of the slaughter and murther of these three men.