Meaning of GUILTLESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'giltlis
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| | Definition: | | [adj] free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty" |
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| | Synonyms: | | absolved, acquitted, blameless, clean-handed, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, inculpable, innocent, irreproachable, not guilty, unimpeachable, vindicated |
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| | Antonyms: | | guilty | | |
| | See Also: | | exculpatory, righteous | |
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| | Definition: | | \Guilt"less\, a.
1. Free from guilt; innocent.
The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his
name in vain. --Ex. xx. 7.
2. Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).
Such gardening tools, as art, yet rude, Guiltless of
fire, had formed. --Milton.
-- {Guilt"less*ly}, adv. -- {Guilt"less*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | angelic, blameless, chaste, childlike, clean, clear, dovelike, exemplary, faultless, immaculate, in the clear, incorrupt, inculpable, innocent, irreproachable, lamblike, not guilty, offenseless, prelapsarian, pristine, pure, reproachless, righteous, sans reproche, sinless, unblamable, uncorrupted, undefiled, unfallen, unlapsed, untouched by evil, virtuous, with clean hands, without reproach |
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