blameless en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English blameles, equivalent to blame + -less.
Meanings
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Free from blame; without fault; innocent.
And while American Jews do not hold the left blameless, in the age of Trump, we’re a lot more concerned about right-wing anti-Semitism.
2020, Joel Swanson, “Are anti-Semitism fears stopping Jewish Dems from supporting Bernie Sanders?”, in The Forward:
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Not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof.
He shall be as now nameles, But he shall not be blameles, Nor he shall not be shameles; For sure he wrought amys, […]
c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 38–41:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most blameless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more blameless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonblameless · blamelessness · blamelessly
Synonyms
clean · nonblameworthy · blameless · unblameworthy · clean as a whistle · offenseless · righteous · unblameable · sinless · uncalculating · guiltless · guiltless · dovelike · unblameworthy · innocent as the child unborn · pure · innocent · unblameable · unguilty · nonblameworthy · clean as a hound's tooth · irreprehensible · blameless · clean-handed · sackless · innocent as the babe unborn · not guilty · clear · sackless
Translations (22)
ru безупре́чный (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · ro nevinovat (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · hi निर्दोष (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · ru безупре́чный (not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof) · sa निर्दोष (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · ro neprihănit (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · la innocens (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · hi निर्दोष (not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof) · enm blameles (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · ja 非の打ち所が無い (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · ro inocent (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · ja 非の打ち所が無い (not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof) · nb uklanderlig (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · fi nuhteeton (not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof) · gl inocente (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · ur نردوش (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · bg безупречен (not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof) · fi syytön (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · no daddelfri (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · hu feddhetetlen (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · bg невинен (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless) · fr irréprochable (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless)