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guiltless Definition

guilt·less (gilt′lis)

adjective

  1. free from guilt; innocent
  2. having no knowledge or experience: with of

guiltless Related Forms

guilt′·lessly adverb

guiltless Synonyms

guiltless

modif.

harmless, above suspicion, free; see innocent 1.

guiltless Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • triplet: You are excused, " dismissing the two guiltless triplets with a wave of the terrible eyeglass; and w.. .
  • people: However you do not cure a killer plague by disseminating a deadly virus on guiltless people.

Modifying Another Word

completely: It is obviously on the. face of it an atrocious practice because it indiscriminately punishes men who are completely guiltless of any war crime.

Used with adjective complement

feel: Yet he felt guiltless, breaking the promises he had made himself.