reproachless

American  

[ri-prohch-lis] / rɪˈproʊtʃ lɪs /

adjective

1. irreproachable.

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Other Word Forms

• reproachlessness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of reproachless

First recorded in 1820–30; reproach + -less

Example Sentences

He smiled as he saw her eat the kernels, and look up in his face with a wondering, yet reproachless eye.

From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)

His favorite heroes are either Englishmen of good family, or Scotchmen educated in England,--gallant, cultivated, and reproachless, but without any striking originality or intellectual force.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam by Lord, John

An affectionate woman runs a great risk in marrying an absorbed and preoccupied man of genius, even if his character be reproachless.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam by Lord, John

Yet that picture of him, sitting lonely, munching in his corner, beset her with pain too deep for tears; the little uncomplaining figure bitterly accused her, she was reproached by the reproachless eyes.

From Mrs. Day's Daughters by Mann, Mary E.

I am the knight of Muntalt, reproachless, loved and feared by many, and I have always had mercy on men.'

From The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc by Rudder, Robert S.