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guiltless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɪltləs/
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Etymology

From Middle English giltles, gultles, gyltles, from Old English *gyltlēas, equivalent to guilt + -less. Compare Old English sċyldlēas (“guiltless”).

Meanings

1. Free from guilt; innocent.
2. Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).
3. (humorous) Not encumbered with; free from.
   • Their spears, wommeras, and boomerangs are guiltless of ornamentation, and save in a very few instances no idea of art seems to belong to the race. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 301:

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Relateds

guiltlessness · guiltlessly

Synonyms

righteous · sackless · blameless · innocent · innocent as the child unborn · nonblameworthy · unguilty · clean as a hound's tooth · offenseless · blameless · sinless · dovelike · guiltless · irreprehensible · unblameable · irreprehensible · clean as a whistle · clear · unblameworthy · clean · uncalculating · pure · innocent as the babe unborn · not guilty · clean-handed

Translations (17)

la castus (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · fi viaton (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · fi syytön (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · ota كناهسز (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · bg невинен (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · hu ártatlan (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · bg невиновен (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · grc ἀναίτιος (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · de schuldfrei (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · de schuldlos (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · ota صوچسز (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · mi harakore (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · eo senkulpa (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · tr suçsuz (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · hu bűntelen (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · grc ἀθῷος (Free from guilt — see also innocent) · la innocens (Free from guilt — see also innocent)