vainīgums

Latvian

From vainīgs (“guilty”) +‎ -ums (with vainīgs from vaina (“guilt”) +‎ -īgs).

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vainīgums m (1st declension)

guilt, guiltiness, culpability, blameworthiness (the quality or state of one who is guilty)
vainīguma prezumpcija ― presumption of guilt, of culpability

noziedzīga nodarījuma subjekts un vainīgums krimināltiesībās ― the subject of a criminal offense and guiltiness in criminal law