blameless

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adjective

Free from blame; without fault; innocent.

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guiltlessunblameablesacklesscleanclean-handedclean as a hound's toothclean as a whistleclear
OriginMiddle English blameles →
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Meanings

adjectiveblameless (comparative more blameless, superlative most blameless)

comparative more blameless · superlative most blameless

  1. Free from blame; without fault; innocent.

    And while American Jews do not hold the left blameless, in the age of Trump, we’re a lot more concerned about right-wing anti-Semitism.

    2020, Joel Swanson, “Are anti-Semitism fears stopping Jewish Dems from supporting Bernie Sanders?”, in The Forward

    Synonyms: guiltless, unblameable, sackless, clean, clean-handed, clean as a hound's tooth, clean as a whistle, clear

  2. Not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof.

    He shall be as now nameles, But he shall not be blameles, Nor he shall not be shameles; For sure he wrought amys, […]

    c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 38–41

    Synonyms: nonblameworthy, unblameworthy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveFree from blame; without fault; innocent.

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guiltlessunblameablesacklesscleanclean-handedclean as a hound's toothclean as a whistlecleardovelikeguiltlessinnocentinnocent as the babe unborninnocent as the child unbornirreprehensiblenonblameworthynot guiltyoffenselesspure

adjectiveNot meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof.

Similar
nonblameworthyunblameworthy

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivefree of guilt; not subject to blame

Similar
inculpableirreproachableunimpeachableinnocentguiltlessclean-handed
Also see
clean as a hound's toothclean as a whistleclean-handedcleardovelikeguiltlessguiltyinculpableinnocentinnocent as the babe unborninnocent as the child unbornirreprehensibleirreproachablenonblameworthynot guiltyoffenselesspurerighteoussacklessshamelesssinlessunblameableunblameworthyuncalculatingunguiltyunimpeachable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishblameles
  2. Englishblameless

From Middle English blameles, equivalent to blame + -less.

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Translations

Bulgarian невинен, безупречен
  • невинен (nevinen)free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
  • безупречен (bezuprečen)not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof
Finnish syytön, nuhteeton
  • syytönfree from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
  • nuhteetonnot meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof
French irréprochable
  • irréprochablefree from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
Hindi निर्दोष, निर्दोष
  • निर्दोष (nirdoṣ)free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
  • निर्दोष (nirdoṣ)not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof
Hungarian feddhetetlen
  • feddhetetlenfree from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
Japanese 非の打ち所が無い, 非の打ち所が無い
  • 非の打ち所が無い (hi no uchidokoro ga nai)free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
  • 非の打ち所が無い (hi no uchidokoro ga nai)not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof
Latin innocens
  • innocensfree from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
Norwegian daddelfri
  • daddelfrifree from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
Norwegian Bokmål uklanderlig
  • uklanderligfree from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
Romanian inocent, neprihănit
  • inocentfree from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
  • neprihănitfree from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
  • nevinovatfree from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
Russian безупре́чный, безупре́чный
  • безупре́чный (bezupréčnyj)free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
  • безупре́чный (bezupréčnyj)not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof
Urdu نردوش
  • نردوشfree from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
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