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Answer for the clue "Free from blame ", 9 letters:
guiltless

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Word definitions for guiltless in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty" [syn: innocent , clean-handed ] [ant: guilty ]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The guiltless freedom and profound family security that Maddy and Patrick enjoy speak eloquently for extended family. ▪ The three men, determined, though guiltless , to die well, had all put on their Sunday suits. ▪ The ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late Old English gyltleas ; see guilt (n.) + -less . Related: Guiltlessly ; guiltlessness .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Free from guilt; innocent. 2 Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guiltless \Guilt"less\, a. Free from guilt; innocent. The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. --Ex. xx. 7. Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with). Such gardening tools, as art, yet rude, Guiltless of fire, had formed. ...

Usage examples of guiltless.

How like Hermione Lola was, to remain guiltless while others destroyed themselves at her prompting.

She wanted the inspector to embrace her and comfort her and forgive her, however guiltless she was.

God is an avenger of all such: He is a jealous God, and will not hold them guiltless, who thus take His name in vain.

Aye, and even if His Majesty judges you guiltless, will I see you again?

Not until that moment had the poor girl thought of the consequences of her prank, but knowing that suspicion might fall on one of the servants, on someone who was guiltless, Katya was prepared to tell the whole truth.

Nay, nay, detain me not, I must to Rudiger this instant, and either convince him that I am guiltless, or perish by his hand.

But this had limits--the morrow was to decide all, and send him forth free and guiltless, or doom him to all the horrors of condemnation and final suffering.

Soul can go guiltless if our mentation and reasoning are vested in it: for all this lower kind of knowledge is delusion and is the cause of much of what is evil.

But there is a difficulty in understanding how the Soul can go guiltless if our mentation and reasoning are vested in it: for all this lower kind of knowledge is delusion and is the cause of much of what is evil.

Before the Gods and before all men I declare you guiltless and unloosed from the bond, and I will so maintain.

Why should it be necessary to buy off the conspirators whom a guiltless man would defy and punish?

She had the impression that he was haranguing the congregation about their misdeeds, but a cautious glance around showed nothing but rows of guiltless faces--either they hid their feelings well, or he was unnecessarily stern.

She, poor woman, was absolutely guiltless of the charges preferred against her.

The captain of the guard hastened thither, and Monsieur swore by the Holy Ghost that he was guiltless of the death of his dear wife.

The day hath scarcely passed that saw thy birth, Yet thy white wings are plumed to all their scope, And hour by hour thine eyes have gathered light, And grown so large and bright, That my whole future life unfolds what seems, Beneath their gentle beams, A path that leads athwart some guiltless earth, To which a star is dropping from the night!