blameless

adjective

Definition of blamelessnext
as in innocent
free from guilt or blame a blameless baby shouldn't have to suffer for his parents' mistakes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blameless
  1. innocent
  2. guiltless
  3. faultless
  4. irreproachable
Adjective
  • The message was clear: Even if your group is defined by targeting innocent people, the Biden-Harris White House will bestow the same legitimacy upon you as any nation-state by granting you a seat at the negotiating table.
    Pat Fallon, National Review, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Investigators believe the two men who were injured were innocent bystanders, police said.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of innocent
Adjective
  • Many fans found its generally joyous treatment of Miranda’s guiltless affair with Che, a nonbinary comedian, in the first season off-putting.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
  • In the wake of Franco’s death, in 1975, came the pacto del olvido, or pact of oblivion—a determination, enshrined in the Amnesty Law of 1977, to brush away the vestiges of former crimes and hence to move onward with a guiltless transition to democracy.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2021
Definition of guiltless
Adjective
  • Kasatkina was almost faultless on break points, converting seven of her eight chances and wrapped up the title against her 17-year-old compatriot in one hour and 56 minutes.
    Johannes Sasay-Wada, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The over-the-air software updates are frequent and generally faultless, regularly bringing new features (such as enabling the Matrix LED headlights).
    James Morris, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of faultless
Adjective
  • There may be practical reasons that your friend won’t get his way, but his argument, unlike his driving, is irreproachable.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 June 2024
  • Jefferson points out that there is great pressure on men of the Morehouse variety to prove wrong the racist stereotypes of Black males as being lazy or criminal — to embrace a kind of Barack Obama masculinity that is solid and irreproachable.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Definition of irreproachable
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