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 blameless Historically of course, unlike the Solomon Islands, France is not blameless here, with coal having powered its industrial revolution dating back to the 1800s, and the shift to clean energy being much recent. — Morgan Simon, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Years after Leontes, a king contorted by jealousy, has ordered that his wife, the blameless Hermione, be put to death, a curtain is drawn back to reveal what appears to be a statue of her. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Schlittler wasn’t blameless in that, committing a throwing error on a pickoff play in the first inning. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026 Mendoza certainly wasn’t blameless, and Wednesday night’s error-fest, in which all four Mets infielders put their own horrific spin on hitting for the cycle, was effectively the last straw. — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 26 June 2026 That gets put on so many women in the justice system, to present a version of events and self that is completely blameless at every moment — and even that doesn’t work sometimes. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 June 2026 The United States is not blameless here. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026 The duo settled this week ahead of their courtroom showdown and issued a needle-thread media statement, which was a meaningless, blameless word salad with hedge sauce. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026 Yet while Vitello is not blameless in the Giants’ poor start, there aren’t many buttons Vitello can push when the team’s foundational players are collectively underperforming. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blameless
  1. innocent
  2. guiltless
  3. faultless
  4. irreproachable
Adjective
  • Caught in the crossfire are innocent kids trying simply to stay in safety.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But on her path, Jean causes bodily and emotional harm to both Peter and numerous innocent bystanders by inhabiting their bodies and forcing them to do her bidding.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of innocent
Adjective
  • In any year, in any culture, there are no antagonists (save for Nazis) better suited as action cinema heavies; rooting against child trafficking lowlifes is moral, easy, and best of all, a completely guiltless pleasure.
    — Andy Crump, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
  • Chick lit was flippant and fizzy and fun, above all, as effervescent and guiltless as a vodka soda.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 4 May 2026
Definition of guiltless
Adjective
  • Some called the revolution a failure; others considered the new transitional government, led by President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, to be faultless.
    — Lina Sergie Attar, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
  • A couple of nerve-settling wins became a faultless record in the group stage.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of faultless
Adjective
  • Rather than focus on a single irreproachable hero, Mendonça Filho dilates his lens to take in an expansive world.
    — Michael Snyder, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Classics from the diasporic Vietnamese repertoire are included, too, with irreproachable instructions.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of irreproachable

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