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bloodguilt

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blood·guilt  (bldglt)
n.
The fact or state of being guilty of murder or bloodshed.
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Noun1.bloodguilt - the state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder
guilt, guiltiness - the state of having committed an offense


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In reply, the Jewish onlookers boldly accept the bloodguilt themselves and, searingly, heap it upon their children.
The ritual, prescribed for situations where the murderer of an innocent person was not known, was a means of ensuring that bloodguilt would not be inflicted upon the village and its land nearest the scene of the murder.
 
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