"guilt" and "guiltiness"

[GeneD]

Do the words "guilt" and "guiltiness" mean the same? Could you help me analyse them? These are the examples for "guiltiness" (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/guiltiness):

• ‘But his heart raced anyway, as the light shifted over the torrential waves of vehicles, because there was a feeling of guiltiness in his heart, like he was hiding.’
• ‘No one would have any doubts about the guiltiness of the Bulgarian.’
• ‘He apologized when he had realized his guiltiness.’
• ‘But there was a hint of guiltiness behind his eyes.’
• ‘‘But he deserved it,’ he told himself, trying to lessen his guiltiness.

Fot "guilt" (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/guilt):

• ‘The suffering of illness is thus compounded by an additional burden of guilt and recrimination.’
• ‘A lot of ground, after all, has been gained and yesterday's judgment offers no comment on his guilt or innocence.’
• ‘They may, even unwittingly, favor their colleagues in determining guilt or innocence.’
• ‘It is talking about guilt in the context of a finding of guilt in a criminal justice system to which this very Act applies.’
• ‘It is only by having prescribed limits and a proper testing regime that we can be sure of proving guilt or innocence.’

 

[Rover_KE]

I've never found it necessary to use guiltiness, and could cheerfully accept guilt in all the examples above.

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[Charlie Bernstein]

Yes. Guiltiness is one of those needlessly inflated words that plague the English-speaking world. Others:

- irregardless (Use regardless.)
- obligated (Use obliged.)
- orientate (Use orient.)
- preventative (Use preventive.)
- utilize/utilization (Use use.)