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

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vainīgums m (1st declension)

  1. guilt, guiltiness, culpability, blameworthiness (the quality or state of one who is guilty)
    vainīguma prezumpcijapresumption of guilt, of culpability
    noziedzīga nodarījuma subjekts un vainīgums krimināltiesībāsthe subject of a criminal offense and guiltiness in criminal law

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