Another word for blameless
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Adjective
Free from guilt or blame
- Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled:
- Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:
- Not infected:
- Alternative spelling of unblameable.
- White as a lily.
- Beyond reproach; blameless:
- Consisting of white people only or excluding nonwhite people.
- Perfect or blameless in every respect; faultless:
- Uncorrupted by evil, malice, or wrongdoing; sinless:
- Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless:
- Within, allowed by, or sanctioned by the law; lawful.
- Not causing or incapable of causing harm.
- Not intended to harm or offend; inoffensive.
- Of or relating to an error in a trial that would not change the outcome and therefore does not call for a reversal of the case on appeal.
- Free of guilt; innocent.
- Being without fault.
Idioms:See also:Beyond reproach
- Alternative spelling of unblameable.
- White as a lily.
- Beyond reproach; blameless:
- Consisting of white people only or excluding nonwhite people.
- Perfect or blameless in every respect; faultless:
- Being positive or desirable in nature; not bad or poor:
- Having the qualities that are desirable or distinguishing in a particular thing:
- Serving the desired purpose or end; suitable:
- Worthy of imitation; commendable:
- Serving as a model.
- Serving as an illustration; typical.
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Another word for blameless
Modifier
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- Free of guilt; blameless.
- A determination by a jury that the evidence is insufficient to convict the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt.
- A defendant’s plea in court denying the prosecution’s charges.
- A jury verdict or plea that acknowledges that the defendant committed the crime but states that he or she was not responsible for his or her actions by reason of a mental disease or defect, and so could not have formed the requisite mens rea, and therefore, is not guilty. A jury verdict or plea that acknowledges that the defendant committed the crime but states that he or she was not responsible for his or her actions by reason of a mental disease or defect, and so could not have formed the requisite mens rea, and therefore, is not guilty.
- Being without fault.
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