Synonyms of blameless

blameless

adjective

as in innocent

free from guilt or blame

a blameless baby shouldn't have to suffer for his parents' mistakes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• innocent
• acquitted
• guiltless
• faultless
• irreproachable
• inculpable
• lily-white
• in the clear
• impeccable
• ethical
• clear
• moral
• cleared
• cleanhanded
• virtuous
• vindicated
• absolved
• righteous
• exonerated
• upright
• law-abiding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• guilty
• culpable
• blameworthy
• punishable
• blamable
• accused
• impeachable
• indictable
• condemned
• censurable
• convicted
• indicted
• shamefaced
• impeached
• hangdog
• shamed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blameless

The Red Sox weren’t exactly blameless in the Devers saga, and the whole thing could’ve been avoided with better communication between player and franchise. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

Historically of course, unlike the Solomon Islands, France is not blameless here, with coal having powered its industrial revolution dating back to the 1800s, and the shift to clean energy being much recent. — Morgan Simon, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Years after Leontes, a king contorted by jealousy, has ordered that his wife, the blameless Hermione, be put to death, a curtain is drawn back to reveal what appears to be a statue of her. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Schlittler wasn’t blameless in that, committing a throwing error on a pickoff play in the first inning. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026

Mendoza certainly wasn’t blameless, and Wednesday night’s error-fest, in which all four Mets infielders put their own horrific spin on hitting for the cycle, was effectively the last straw. — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 26 June 2026

That gets put on so many women in the justice system, to present a version of events and self that is completely blameless at every moment — and even that doesn’t work sometimes. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 June 2026

The United States is not blameless here. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

The duo settled this week ahead of their courtroom showdown and issued a needle-thread media statement, which was a meaningless, blameless word salad with hedge sauce. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026