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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.
Autocratic Pilate: though the gospels seem to soften his image, the ... by Camille, Alice / U.S. Catholic
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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