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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Blameless \Blame"less\, adjective 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
blameless
adjective: free of guilt; not subject to blame; "has lived a blameless life"; "of irreproachable character"; "an unimpeachable reputation" [syn: {inculpable}, {irreproachable}, {unimpeachable}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "blameless": Christian, angelic, childlike, clean, clear, creditable, decent, dovelike, erect, estimable, ethical, exemplary, fair, faultless, full of integrity, good, guiltless, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest, honorable, immaculate, in the clear, incorrupt, inculpable, innocent, inviolate, irreprehensible, irreproachable, just, lamblike, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, lily-white, manly, moral, noble, not guilty, offenseless, prelapsarian, principled, pristine, pure, reproachless, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded, righteous, sans reproche, sinless, spotless, stainless, sterling, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unfallen, unimpeachable, unlapsed, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, untouched by evil, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, virtuous, with clean hands, without reproach, worthy, yeomanly
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