blameless
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Etymology
From Middle English blameles, equivalent to blame + -less.
Adjective
blameless (comparative more blameless, superlative most blameless)
- Free from blame; without fault; innocent
- Synonym: guiltless
- 2020, Joel Swanson, “Are anti-Semitism fears stopping Jewish Dems from supporting Bernie Sanders?”, in The Forward:
- 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.
- Not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof.
- 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:
- He shall be as now nameles,
But he shall not be blameles,
Nor he shall not be shameles;
For sure he wrought amys, […]
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless
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not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof
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References
- “blameless”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “blameless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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