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irreproachable

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˌɪrɪˈproʊtʃəbəl/ UK /ˌɪrɪˈprəʊtʃəbəl/
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Synonyms
1 adj · so blameless or exemplary... blamelessunimpeachablefaultlessexemplary
Opposites
reproachableblameworthyculpable
Word family
Derived forms irreproachablyirreproachability
Related forms reproachblameintegrity

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Etymology

Borrowed in the seventeenth century from French irreprochable, earlier inreprochable, and analyzable in English as ir- ('not') + reproachable. Reproach ultimately comes through Old French from Latin repropiare, 'bring up against someone,' so irreproachable literally means not open to such a charge.

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