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Definition of Blameless
1. Adjective. Free of guilt; not subject to blame. "An unimpeachable reputation"
Similar to: Clean-handed, Guiltless, Innocent
Derivative terms: Blamelessness, Inculpability, Inculpableness
Definition of Blameless
1. a. Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of.
Definition of Blameless
1. Adjective. Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless. ¹
2. Adjective. Not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blameless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blameless
Literary usage of Blameless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. "In the Days of Thy Youth.": Sermons on Practical Subjects, Preached at by Frederic William Farrar (1877)
""Blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke. ... And I think you
all will feel that these words— " blameless and harmless, the sons of God ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... which the mourners from their locks Had shorn and cast upon him ; at his head
Stately Achilles moved, and bare it up In tears ; so blameless, so beloved ..."
3. Poems and Inscriptions: English Poetry of To-day Against an American Background by Richard Watson Gilder, Gilliss Press, Cornelius Weygandt (1901)
"... THE Blameless KNIGHT I WHERE led the bright and blameless plume We charged
the shameless foe; Whether to win or lose our doom We never cared to know. ..."
4. Sermons by Thomas Arnold (1874)
"I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto tlie
coming of our Lord Jesu-s Christ. IN the ordinary language of men, ..."
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