Lewis Short
rĕātus (noun M) : reus.
* Lit., the condition of an accused person, a state of impeachment (a word first used by Messala, acc. to Quint. 8, 3, 34): revocato ad reatum Alcibiade,Just. 4, 4, 4: si diutino tempore aliquis in reatu fuerit ... qui longo tempore in reatu agunt,Dig. 48, 19, 25; Mart. 2, 24, 1.
* Meton.
* An offence of which one stands accused, a charge, App. M. 7, p. 191, 31; 3, p. 132, 10; Prud. Cath. 11.
* Trop., guilt (late Lat.): reatus sanguinis,Vulg. Deut. 21, 8; cf. id. Exod. 32, 35: praeteriit actu manet reatu, Aug. cont. Jul. Pelag. 6, 19, 60.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary