sinless

[ sin-lis ]

/ ˈsɪn lɪs /

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adjective

free from or without sin.

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Origin of sinless

before 900; Middle English sinles,Old English synlēas.See sin¹, -less

OTHER WORDS FROM sinless

sin·less·ly, adverbsin·less·ness, noun

Words nearby sinless

sinking spell, sinkless, sink one's teeth into, sink or swim, sink through the floor, sinless, sinner, Sinn Fein, sinningia, sino-, sinoatrial

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How to use sinless in a sentence

Without exfoliation and moisturizer, areas of rough or dry skin "grab darker," says Sinless Sun's Peterson.
Spray-Tan Horror Stories|Anneli Rufus|July 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He cannot so follow him as acting in the nature of sinless man, or as the living and true God.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
If the chosen ones are incapable of sinning in heaven, could not God have made sinless men upon the earth?
Superstition In All Ages (1732)|Jean Meslier
When Charles the martyr embraced his children an hour before his death, they received no purer or more sinless kiss.
Sword and Gown|George A. Lawrence

To refuse "the reconciliation" is to contemn the death in which the Sinless One was made sin on our behalf.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians|James Denney
"All" is of him in the work of reconciliation, and this above all, that He made the Sinless One to be sin.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians|James Denney

British Dictionary definitions for sinless

sinless

/ (ˈsɪnlɪs) /

adjective

free from sin or guilt; innocent; pure

Derived forms of sinless

sinlessly, adverbsinlessness, noun

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