Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Blameless"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

blameless
adj : free of guilt; not subject to blame; "has lived a blameless
life"; "of irreproachable character"; "an unimpeachable
reputation" [syn: {inculpable}, {irreproachable}, {unimpeachable}]


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