blameless

Examples

• All

• Take this burning light and keep true to your baptism throughout a blameless life.

  Secret Ceremony (1968)

• Yet even Mr. Harrison has written to tell me that he holds me blameless for the events of that night.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Walk before Me and be blameless.

  His Only Son (2023)

• Walk before me and be blameless.

  Tales from the Other Side (2022)

• I want to say, in this matter, that I am blameless.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Was my escape to the sheep as blameless as it seemed?

  Fiction book (1993)

• She has led a blameless life.

  A Quiet Passion (2016)

• All believers are seen by God as pure and blameless because of Jesus.

  Blog text (13)

• My relations with Emilie... have been, for some years now, quite blameless.

  Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

• She has led a blameless life, always helping those in need and treating others with kindness.

Synonyms

I

innocent

vsblameless

∞ 2.2

Not guilty of a crime or wrongdoing

is about lacking blame generally rather than legal or moral purity

U

unimpeachable

vsblameless

• Formal

7 8.2

Very honest and reliable so people cannot doubt it

centres on absence of blame rather than proving absolute trustworthiness

C

clean-handed

vsblameless

6 6.9

A person who is not involved in illegal or dishonest actions

focuses on absence of blame without stressing lack of involvement

G

guiltless

vsblameless

5 4.6

Not responsible for doing anything wrong

is more about not deserving blame rather than formal responsibility

S

sinless

vsblameless

5 6.3

Someone who has done nothing wrong

is broader, covering lack of blame beyond religious sin

F

faultless

vsblameless

3 4.9

Free from mistakes or flaws

focuses on absence of moral guilt rather than general perfection

A

absolved

vsblameless

• Formal

2 6.0

Freed from blame or responsibility for something

describes a natural lack of blame rather than removal by others

I

irreproachable

vsblameless

• Formal

1 8.1

Completely free from blame so no one can criticize them

is about lacking blame without implying exceptional goodness

I

irreprehensible

vsblameless

• Formal

1 9.9

Not deserving blame because nothing is wrong

is lacking blame without claiming complete perfection

I

inculpable

vsblameless

• Formal

1 9.9

Not responsible for a crime or mistake

is about lacking blame generally rather than legal liability

U

unfallen

vsblameless

• Literature

1 9.9

A person or thing that has not done wrong and seems pure

refers to absence of blame in broader life rather than religious purity

U

unblamable

vsblameless

1 8.0

Free from fault and not open to criticism

is specific to lack of guilt or moral wrongdoing rather than general faults

S

sackless

vsblameless

• Archaic

1 9.9

Not guilty of a crime or fault

is the modern common term for that same lack of guilt

Antonyms

B

blameworthy

1 6.5

Deserving blame for doing something wrong or harmful

How Blameworthy

guilty

∞ 2.3

culpable

26 7.5

blameworthy

1 6.5

blameless

17 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology