guilty vs peccant

guilty

adj

  • Having a sense of guilt. 

  • Judged to have committed a crime. 

  • Responsible for a dishonest act. 

  • Blameworthy. 

noun

  • A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime. 

  • A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge. 

  • One who is declared guilty of a crime. 

peccant

adj

  • Sinful. 

  • Wrong; defective; faulty. 

How often have the words guilty and peccant occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )