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blame⋅less

  [bleym-lis]
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–adjective
free from or not deserving blame; guiltless: a blameless child.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see blame, -less

Related forms:
blame⋅less⋅ly, adverb
blame⋅less⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
irreproachable. See innocent.

Antonyms:
guilty.
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blame·less   (blām'lĭs)   
adj.  Free of blame or guilt; innocent.
blame'less·ly adv., blame'less·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Blameless

Blame"less\, a. Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of.

A bishop then must be blameless. --1 Tim. iii. 2.

Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave. --Mallet.

We will be blameless of this thine oath. --Josh. ii. 17.

Syn: Irreproachable; sinless; unblemished; inculpable.

Usage: Blameless, Spotless, Faultless, Stainless. We speak of a thing as blameless when it is free from blame, or the just imputation of fault; as, a blameless life or character. The others are stronger. We speak of a thing as faultless, stainless, or spotless, only when we mean that it is absolutely without fault or blemish; as, a spotless or stainless reputation; a faultless course of conduct. The last three words apply only to the general character, while blameless may be used in reverence to particular points; as, in this transaction he was wholly blameless. We also apply faultless to personal appearance; as, a faultless figure; which can not be done in respect to any of the other words.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Blameless
Spanish: inocente; intachable, irreprochable,
German: tadellos,
Japanese: 非難するところのない
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