beyond reproach

Idioms  

1. Blameless, faultless, as in Jean's conduct at school is beyond reproach. The phrase employs the verb to reproach in the sense of “censure or rebuke,” a usage dating from the early 1500s.

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beyond reproach

“NOT TRUE. I praised Acting AG Blanche’s management of this Herculean task. I said his ethics are beyond reproach and that he is an incredible Attorney General,” Bondi wrote on X.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Lawyers acting for Dean's mother have said the document appears to be a "character assassination" of both him and his family, to keep Pierce beyond reproach.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

Simpson was led by the public's perception, or his interpretation of it, that enough ubiquity and money places a person beyond reproach.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2024

He has repeatedly denied this, and insisted that the process be transparent and beyond reproach.

From Reuters ● Jun. 8, 2023

Whatever I write now must be beyond reproach.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse