Unguilting

Alternative forms

• un-guilting

Origin

From unguilt, equivalent to unguilt + -ing.

Full definition of unguilting

Noun

1. The process or act of removing one's guilt; pardoning.
• 1977, Osho, Yoga Sudha (Ma.), Deva Bhasha (Ma.), The beloved: songs of the Baul mystics:Real religion is always a process of unguilting; false religions are always a process of guilting.
• 2001, Margaret Mead, John Rickman, Geoffrey Gorer, Russian culture: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'.
• 2003, John Rickman, Pearl King, No ordinary psychoanalyst:... 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 ...

Verb

1. Present participle of unguilt