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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blameless \Blame"less\, a.
     Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; --
     sometimes followed by of.
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           A bishop then must be blameless.         --1 Tim. iii.


                                                    2.
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           Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave.
                                                    --Mallet.
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           We will be blameless of this thine oath. --Josh. ii.
                                                    17.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "blameless":
     Christian, angelic, childlike, clean, clear, creditable, decent,
     dovelike, erect, estimable, ethical, exemplary, fair, faultless,
     full of integrity, good, guiltless, high-minded, high-principled,
     highly respectable, honest, honorable, immaculate, in the clear,
     incorrupt, inculpable, innocent, inviolate, irreprehensible,
     irreproachable, just, lamblike, law-abiding, law-loving,
     law-revering, lily-white, manly, moral, noble, not guilty,
     offenseless, prelapsarian, principled, pristine, pure,
     reproachless, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded,
     righteous, sans reproche, sinless, spotless, stainless, sterling,
     true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled,
     true-spirited, truehearted, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted,
     undefiled, unfallen, unimpeachable, unlapsed, unspotted, unstained,
     unsullied, untarnished, untouched by evil, upright, uprighteous,
     upstanding, virtuous, with clean hands, without reproach, worthy,
     yeomanly
  
  

















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