Guiltless
/ˈɡɪltləs/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Free from guilt; innocent.
- 2 Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).
- 3 Not encumbered with; free from. humorous
"Their spears, wommeras, and boomerangs are guiltless of ornamentation, and save in a very few instances no idea of art seems to belong to the race."
Adjective
- 1 free from evil or guilt wordnet
Example
More examples"Those little yogurts may be guiltless, but do they really taste like key lime pie?"
Etymology
From Middle English giltles, gultles, gyltles, from Old English *gyltlēas, equivalent to guilt + -less. Compare Old English sċyldlēas (“guiltless”).