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.