English > guiltless: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | Free from evil or guilt. |
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| Synonyms | innocent, clean-handed |
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| Narrower | absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated | Freed from any question of guilt |
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| acquitted, not guilty | declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime |
| blameless, inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachable | Free of guilt |
| See also | exculpatory | Clearing of guilt or blame |
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| righteous | Characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice |
| Opposite | guilty | Responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act |
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| Spanish | inocente |
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| Catalan | innocent |
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| Nouns | guiltlessness | a state of innocence |
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