blameless C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings 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;... innocentguiltlessfaultlessirreproachableunimpeachablespotless ↔ Opposites guiltyculpableblameworthy Word family Forms blamelessness Derived forms blamelesslyblamelessness Related forms blameblameworthy Etymology AI details From blame (Old French blasmer, ultimately from Greek blasphēmein 'to speak ill') + the privative suffix -less. blasphēmein Ancient Greek -lēas Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Emotions & Feelings - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown