Difference between Guilt and Guiltiness

What is the difference between Guilt and Guiltiness?

Guilt as a noun is responsibility for wrongdoing. while Guiltiness as a noun is the state of being guilty; guilt.

Guilt

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Responsibility for wrongdoing. Awareness of having done wrong. The fact of having done wrong. The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To motivate someone with guilt.

Example sentence: What you believe is very powerful. If you have toxic emotions of fear, guilt and depression, it is because you have wrong thinking, and you have wrong thinking because of wrong believing.

Guiltiness

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The state of being guilty; guilt.

We hope you now know whether to use Guilt or Guiltiness in your sentence.

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