Blame"less , a. Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes
followed by of.
A bishop then must be
blameless.
1 Tim. iii.
2. Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave.
Mallet. We will be blameless of this thine oath.
Josh. ii. 17. Syn. -- Irreproachable; sinless; unblemished; inculpable. -- Blameless, Spotless, Faultless, Stainless. We speak of a thing as blameless when it is free from blame, or the just imputation of fault; as, a
blameless life or character. The others are stronger. We speak of a thing as faultless, stainless, or spotless, only when we mean
that it is absolutely without
fault or blemish; as, a
spotless or stainless reputation; a faultless course of conduct. The last three words apply only to the general character, while blameless may be used in reverence to particular points; as, in this transaction he was wholly blameless. We also apply faultless to personal appearance; as, a faultless figure; which can not
be done in respect to any of the other words.
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