GUILTLESS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

guiltless

adjective

ˈgilt-ləs

Definition of guiltless next

as in innocent

free from guilt or blame if the jury acquits him, he is guiltless in the eyes of the law

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Recent Examples of guiltless And how many guiltless prisoners there are here! —

Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024 Many fans found its generally joyous treatment of Miranda’s guiltless affair with Che, a nonbinary comedian, in the first season off-putting. —

Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 June 2023 So hats (halos?) off to you, Mr. Woolverton, and may the binge-watching, pint-guzzling, relatively guiltless movie marathons commence. —

Susie Neilson, The Cut, 21 Aug. 2017

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When a strange man lurks around the school asking supposedly innocent questions and the principal receives a severed human finger in the mail, the community is in an uproar.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
His huddles at times resemble a family Sunday supper after the conversation turns to politics – everyone yelling, nobody listening, Izzo’s face reddening and a whiteboard left broken, the innocent victim of all the arguing (though they are rumored to be pre-cut to avoid splintering).

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026