blameless
free from or not deserving blame; guiltless: a blameless child.
Origin of blameless
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Opposites for blameless
Other words from blameless
- blame·less·ly, adverb
- blame·less·ness, noun
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How to use blameless in a sentence
Their empresses appear in different guises, from sexual predators to blameless paragons.
There’s No Definitive List of Roman Empresses. Their Individual Stories Still Matter | Mary Beard | October 12, 2021 | TimeYet some observers say the battery-makers aren’t blameless either.
This Vermont Utility Is Revolutionizing Its Power Grid to Fight Climate Change. Will the Rest of the Country Follow Suit? | Alejandro de la Garza/Panton, Vt. | July 26, 2021 | TimeI’ve seen more than my share of relatives who ignore boundaries, though, and indeed “force parents’ hands” on limiting gifts — so I’m not declaring anyone blameless, at least not without more information.
Carolyn Hax: Restriction on giving is no treat for grandma | Carolyn Hax | March 19, 2021 | Washington PostThe city had insisted during the case that the officers were blameless, and they ended up facing no significant punishment.
New York City Paid an NBA Star Millions After an NYPD Officer Broke His Leg. The Officer Paid Little Price. | by Mike Hayes for ProPublica | January 12, 2021 | ProPublicaWe are all blameless when a plague descends, but we all have a role in ending it.
Here's What's Behind Americans' Uneasy Relationship With Vaccines | Jeffrey Kluger | December 18, 2020 | Time
She is as blameless and unthreatening as possibly can be, but barely human.
Lillian Smith’s Bombshell Novel About Interracial Love | Nathaniel Rich | May 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNo side is pure or blameless in such a complex conflict, which is what makes it seem intractable.
What Palestinians Should Do to Combat Cynicism and Make Peace Possible | Gil Troy | July 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe targets were in fact a group of eminently blameless teens who had just taken final exams.
Never Mind El Chapo: Chicago’s Real Public Enemy No. 1 Is the Shorties | Michael Daly | February 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo be sure, neither Toyota nor BP are blameless Lilies-of-the-Valley in these messes.
I never suggested that the Palestinians were blameless, or even that it is realistic to establish a Palestinian state tomorrow.
Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousElizabeth left the blameless victim of all this wrath, standing in the middle of the floor.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThey will try to compel you to confession; and, though you are blameless, you will suffer the cruelest ordeal of transgression.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThe men said unto her, we will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamCircumstances were discovered which seemed to indicate that Duncombe himself was not blameless.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for blameless
/ (ˈbleɪmlɪs) /
free from blame; innocent
Derived forms of blameless
- blamelessly, adverb
- blamelessness, noun
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