blame·less

[bleym-lis]
adjective
free from or not deserving blame; guiltless: a blameless child.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see blame, -less

blame·less·ly, adverb
blame·less·ness, noun


irreproachable. See innocent.


guilty.
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blameless (ˈbleɪmlɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
free from blame; innocent
 
'blamelessly
 
adv
 
'blamelessness
 
n

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Blameless is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

blameless
late 14c., from blame + -less.
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Example sentences
The only thing he's good at is spinning the news such that anything good is
  because of him, but he is blameless for all the bad.
One rogue employee can't easily cause a crippling probe into an otherwise
  blameless company.
The goal: a blameless nomenclature that fosters a culture where errors are
  discussed openly without fear of retribution.
Furthermore, neither left nor right is totally to blame for the situation, and
  neither left nor right is totally blameless.
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