guiltless

Examples

• All

• My dear fellow, I do apologize but I must state she's entirely guiltless in this matter.

  An Ideal Husband (1999)

• I used to be bleary-eyed in the morning, guiltless and looking forward to coffee.

  Fiction book (1993)

• You always have time to enjoy a little guiltless pleasure!

  Blog text (27)

• Perhaps in the quiet of your room tonight, you might be able to help me prove him guiltless.

  Witchfinder General (1968)

• And so he generally woke up a guiltless man.

  Fiction book (1996)

• I am guiltless as the unsunned snow.

  Bloom (2003)

• We are the guiltless pleasures of the lonely human.

  A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

• If you persist in an evil purpose, the preacher is guiltless, but you must not expect to receive the grace (P 2-4).

  Academic text (1991)

• Guiltless greed is one of life's great joys

  Theater Camp (2023)

• I'd brew a bunch of tea and then enjoy some guiltless laziness if more exercise wasn't required for the day.

  Blog text (3)

Synonyms

I

innocent

vsguiltless

∞ 2.2

Not guilty of a crime or wrongdoing

focuses on lack of responsibility rather than moral purity

B

blameless

vsguiltless

18 3.6

Not guilty of any wrong

is the neutral state of not being responsible for wrongdoing

S

sinless

vsguiltless

4 6.3

Someone who has done nothing wrong

expresses freedom from blame in everyday, nonreligious contexts

S

sackless

vsguiltless

• Archaic

1 9.9

Not guilty of a crime or fault

is the modern neutral way to say the same idea

I

inculpable

vsguiltless

• Formal

9.9

Not responsible for a crime or mistake

expresses the same lack of responsibility in plain terms

E

exculpated

vsguiltless

• Formal

9.1

Free from blame or officially declared not guilty

describes the general absence of responsibility without legal focus

E

exonerated

vsguiltless

• Formal

6.5

Freed from blame when proof shows they did not do the crime

is a broader personal state not tied to a finding

A

absolved

vsguiltless

• Formal

6.0

Freed from blame or responsibility for something

refers simply to lacking responsibility without an authority act

C

cleared

vsguiltless

4.2

No longer blamed for a crime or fault

captures the same freedom but not necessarily after a declaration

C

clean-handed

vsguiltless

6.9

A person who is not involved in illegal or dishonest actions

stresses simple absence of responsibility without moral emphasis

U

unfallen

vsguiltless

• Literature

9.9

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

is the secular idea of not being responsible for wrongdoing

Antonyms

G

guilty

∞ 2.3

Responsible for doing something wrong and open to blame or punishment

B

blameworthy

1 6.5

Deserving blame for doing something wrong or harmful

How Guilty

guilt-ridden

5 6.5

guilty

793 1.4

guiltless

5 4.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology