Meanings
- not comparableFree from blame, not open to reproach or criticism; blameless.
At Athens the Prieſts and Prieſteſſes were drawn by lot, from the men and virgins of diſtinguiſhed family and irreproachable life. Maimed or deformed perſons were not admitted, and purity and chaſtity were ſo particularly required, that the Prieſts frequently uſed means to emaſculate themselves.
1793, T[homas] Wilson, “Priest”, in An Archæological Dictionary; or, Classical Antiquities of the Jews, Greeks, and Romans, Alphabetically Arranged: …, 2nd edition, London: Printed for D. Ogilvy [et al.], →OCLC, column 11 more example
“Dear me!” said I, “what a sweeping charge of folly you are bringing against nearly the whole sex, which, after all, is only another version of what I said, namely, that women were great fools to marry. I have no doubt there are exceptions, and that the poor Princess Charlotte, for instance, found a husband the most docile, irreproachable, and obedient of created beings, and that all heiresses apparent to thrones will do the same;[…]”
1851, [Rosina] Bulwer Lytton, chapter IV, in Miriam Sedley; or, The Tares and the Wheat. A Tale of Real Life., volume III, London: W[illiam] Shoberl, […], pages 140–141Synonyms: flawless
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFree from blame, not open to reproach or criticism; blameless.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivefree of guilt; not subject to blame
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchinreprochable
- Frenchirréprochable
- Englishirreproachable
First attested in 1630. Borrowed from French irréprochable, from Middle French inreprochable. See also ir- + reproachable.
More words from French, Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian безукорен
- безукорен (bezukoren)free from blame
Esperanto senmanka
- senmankafree from blame
French irréprochable
- irréprochablefree from blame
Greek άμεμπτος
- άμεμπτος (ámemptos)free from blame
Hungarian feddhetetlen
- feddhetetlenfree from blame
Italian irreprensibile
- irreprensibilefree from blame
Norwegian daddelfri
- daddelfrifree from blame
Norwegian Bokmål uklanderlig
- uklanderligfree from blame
Polish nienaganny, nieskazitelny
- nienagannyfree from blame
- nieskazitelnyfree from blame
- nieposzlakowanyfree from blame
Portuguese irreprochável
- irreprochávelfree from blame
Romanian ireproșabil
- ireproșabilfree from blame
Russian безукори́зненный
- безукори́зненный (bezukoríznennyj)free from blame
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irreproachable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irreproachable
“irreproachable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irreproachable. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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