guiltless C2+ Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment US /ˈɡɪltləs/ UK /ˈɡɪltləs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj free from guilt or blame; innocent The jury found her wholly guiltless of the charges. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · free from guilt or blame;... innocentblamelessfaultlessclearirreproachablespotless ↔ Opposites guiltyculpableblameworthy Word family Forms guiltlessness Derived forms guiltlesslyguiltlessness Related forms guiltguiltyguiltiness Etymology AI details From Old English gyltleas, from gylt ('crime, sin, fault') + -leas ('without, free from'). gylt Old English -lēas Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Ethics & Social Judgment Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # guiltless **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɡɪltləs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɪltləs/ ## Meanings 1. free from guilt or blame; innocent ## Examples - The jury found her wholly guiltless of the charges. ## Synonyms - innocent - blameless - faultless - clear - irreproachable - spotless ## Antonyms - guilty - culpable - blameworthy ## Derived Forms - guiltlessly - guiltlessness ## Related Forms - guilt - guilty - guiltiness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: gylt - Root: -lēas ## Etymology From Old English gyltleas, from gylt ('crime, sin, fault') + -leas ('without, free from'). ## AI Etymology Guiltless is from Old English gyltleas, from gylt ('crime, sin, fault') + -leas ('without, free from'). Important recorded forms include gylt (Old English) 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 blame; innocent. The wider family includes derived forms such as guiltlessly and guiltlessness and related words such as guilt, guilty, and guiltiness. ## Topics - Ethics & Social Judgment - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown