unimpeachableformalapproving

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

not responsible for doing something bad or wrong
innocentI don't know if they are innocent or guilty.
blamelessShe is not entirely blameless in the matter.
guiltlessHe's not exactly guiltless in this matter - she helped the robber escape.
acquittedThe two men were acquitted of her murder.
exoneratedThe exonerated prisoners banded together and sued the judge who had falsely convicted all of them.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Innocent
acquit
acquit someone of something
acquittal
be above/beyond reproachidiom
be in the clearidiom
cleared
come up/out smelling of rosesidiom
culpability
culpably
exculpate
guiltless
guiltlessly
inculpable
innocence
innocency
reproach
self-exculpation
sinless
sinlessly
squeaky-clean

blameless | American Dictionary

blameless
adjective
us/ˈbleɪm·ləs/
not responsible for anything bad:
In this situation, no one is completely blameless.

Examples of blameless

blameless
Our substantive arguments about the moral similarities between equally blameless victims and equally careless actors do not dictate a unique policy approach.
This does not mean that it was entirely blameless, for it too used some coercion and deception.
In acknowledging the possibility of excuses, one is acknowledging the possibility of blameless wrongdoing.
But the marriage of a youth to a 70-year-old woman is good and blameless according to the practice of the church.
The rescuer is blameless and does not owe an apology.
In the case of pure preventive action, however, the agent is entirely blameless at the moment of preemption.
Pleasure might be sinful, but pain was a penalty and thus blameless.
Second, semi-global consequentialists could accept a modified version of the principle that combined 'oughts' imply 'can' that makes an exception for cases of blameless wrongdoing.
Distinguishing between blameworthy and blameless suffering is easier than measuring suffering.
And let us grant the choice theorist's assumption against determinists that incapacity in this sense intelligibly distinguishes the blameless from the possibly blameworthy.
In cases of blameless wrongdoing, everything in this case that maximizes the good and that agents can bring about is right.
We culturally distinguish between blameworthy and blameless suffering.
This was not a conflict in which good and blameless men came to blows.
Genuinely blameless individuals do not engage in criminal conduct, even when the positive incentives are profound.
There is no obvious principled reason to make a distinction between the compensation due equally blameless victims on the basis of the cause of that loss.
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