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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blameless \Blame"less\, a. Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of A bishop then must be blameless. --1 Tim. iii. 2. Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave. --Mallet. We will be blameless of this thine oath. --Josh. ii 17. Syn: Irreproachable; sinless; unblemished; inculpable. Usage: {Blameless}, {Spotless}, {Faultless}, {Stainless}. We speak of a thing as blameless when it is free from blame, or the just imputation of fault; as a blameless life or character. The others are stronger. We speak of a thing as faultless, stainless, or spotless, only when we mean that it is absolutely without fault or blemish; as a spotless or stainless reputation; a faultless course of conduct. The last three words apply only to the general character, while blameless may be used in reverence to particular points; as in this transaction he was wholly blameless. We also apply faultless to personal appearance; as a faultless figure; which can not be done in respect to any of the other words From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blameless adj : free of guilt; not subject to blame; "has lived a blameless life"; "of irreproachable character"; "an unimpeachable reputation" [syn: {inculpable}, {irreproachable}, {unimpeachable}]
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