Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Free of guilt; innocent.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Free from guilt; innocent; blameless.
- Free from the presence or experience (of); in a humorous sense, not subject to the imputation (of).
Wiktionary
- adj. Free from guilt; innocent.
- adj. Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Free from guilt; innocent.
- adj. Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).
WordNet 3.0
- adj. free from evil or guilt
Examples
“Now, you may ask me why I suspect other nations of designs against Great Britain, and hold Great Britain guiltless of designs against other nations.”
“To simply blame Israel for this and leave Hamas guiltless is shortsighted and ignorant.”
“They cannot have wished for a victorious rewarding war, blame everyone else for their defeat, and remain guiltless.”
“This is the often dreamed about "guiltless" state where the accountant of our brains has gone to sleep.”
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“Savages, Mr. Hartland says in a censure of my theory, are "guiltless" of”
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“For example, the now-defunct New Zealand launch site included virtual men with whom you could have "guiltless" virtual affairs: launch website imagines the chocolate bar as a tribute to Womanhood in all its "shimmery" glory:”
“A bishop, Paul points out, must be "above reproach" (anepílimptos, 1Ti 3: 1) literally meaning having a solid grasp-on the Christian walk, we presume-and "guiltless," (Tt 1: 7) meaning nothing to hide.”
“At the same time I desire one part pt the dispute betwixt us may be finished by an answer to these questions: Is not calling a guiltless man an impudent slanderer, pdumny, and quite a different revenge than a slight joke? anc) has not Mr. Warburton done that in the note in question?”
“To me- this kind of guiltless assertion of one’s own soul, this demand to control one’s own life- that’s the heart of it, that’s what turns my head to know that someone really means ‘liberty’.”
““No strings” sounded like the recipe for a guiltless adultery, and when a woman is offering herself in such a casual way she always seems to me more attractive for being so easily available.”
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