Guiltless
[gɪltlɪs] or ['gɪltlɪs]
Definition
(a.) Free from guilt; innocent.
(a.) Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).
Editor: Robert
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Innocent, sinless, spotless, unspotted, unpolluted, immaculate, unsullied, untarnished, blameless.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See GUILE_and_INNOCENT]
Editor: Nettie
Examples
- I was guiltless, but I had indeed drawn down a horrible curse upon my head, as mortal as that of crime. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I was firmly convinced in my own mind that Justine, and indeed every human being, was guiltless of this murder. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I am not one of your enemies; I believed you guiltless, notwithstanding every evidence, until I heard that you had yourself declared your guilt. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- You perhaps will find some means to justify my poor guiltless Justine. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The second day's trial was not so guiltless. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Her mother was guiltless of imprisoning her in the Asylum. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I pronounce the maiden free and guiltless--The arms and the body of the deceased knight are at the will of the victor. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Editor: Nettie