blameless

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈbleɪmləs/ UK /ˈbleɪmləs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
free from guilt or fault; innocent

The inquiry found the captain entirely blameless for the collision.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · free from guilt or fault;... innocent guiltless faultless irreproachable unimpeachable spotless

Opposites

guilty culpable blameworthy

Word family

Forms blamelessness

Derived forms blamelesslyblamelessness

Related forms blame blameworthy

Etymology

From blame (Old French blasmer, ultimately from Greek blasphēmein 'to speak ill') + the privative suffix -less.

blasphēmein Ancient Greek -lēas Old English

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# blameless

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈbleɪmləs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbleɪmləs/

## Meanings
1. free from guilt or fault; innocent

## Examples
- The inquiry found the captain entirely blameless for the collision.

## Synonyms
- innocent
- guiltless
- faultless
- irreproachable
- unimpeachable
- spotless

## Antonyms
- guilty
- culpable
- blameworthy

## Derived Forms
- blamelessly
- blamelessness

## Related Forms
- blame
- blameworthy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: blasphēmein
- Root: -lēas

## Etymology
From blame (Old French blasmer, ultimately from Greek blasphēmein 'to speak ill') + the privative suffix -less.

## AI Etymology
Blameless is from blame (Old French blasmer, ultimately from Greek blasphēmein 'to speak ill') + the privative suffix -less. Important recorded forms include blasphēmein (Ancient Greek) and -lēas (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers free from guilt or fault; innocent. The wider family includes derived forms such as blamelessly and blamelessness and related words such as blame and blameworthy.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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