Blameless
['bleɪmlɪs] or ['blemləs]
Definition
(adj.) free of guilt; not subject to blame; 'has lived a blameless life'; 'of irreproachable character'; 'an unimpeachable reputation' .
Typist: Stanley--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Irreproachable, unimpeachable, irreprehensible, inculpable, faultless, guiltless, unblemished, unspotted, unsullied, undefiled, spotless, stainless, innocent.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pure, innocent, irresponsible
ANT:Criminated, implicated, answerable, blameworthy, faulty, guilty, blamable
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Examples
- Her pride and blameless ambition was to create smiles in all around her, and to shed repose on the fragile existence of her brother. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She was sure that the regard was blameless. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I never can be blameless. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He had felt no bond beforehand to this woman who had spoiled the ideal treasure of his life, and he held himself blameless. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A new period of mortal life has begun, and you may choose what divinity you please; the responsibility of choosing is with you--God is blameless. Plato. The Republic.
- Oh, blameless people are always the most exasperating. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Hope, glory, love, and blameless ambition are my guides, and my soul knows no dread. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She was a very good woman: good to the poor; stupid, blameless, unsuspicious. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- That she does regard him with some innocent regret, with some blameless thoughts of what might have been, but for me, is, I fear, too true. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was in her nature to be proud that he was blameless, and through all her feelings there ran this vein--I was right to defend him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The black mare was blameless; _they_ were right who had named Mrs. Churchill as the cause. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Compared with me, all the rest were blameless. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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