Guiltless

//ˈɡɪltləs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Free from guilt; innocent.
  2. 2
    Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).
  3. 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. 1
    free from evil or guilt wordnet

Synonyms

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blamelessinnocentangelicblamelesschastechildlike

Antonyms

All antonyms
guilty

Example

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"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”).

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