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!
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guiltless
Adjective
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Mangione has pleaded innocent to federal and state murder charges; the state charges carry the possibility of life in prison.—
MICHAEL R. SISAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Several right-wing social media figures and conservative commentators have also shared the video and suggested that Pretti was not an innocent bystander, but rather someone who was deliberately seeking confrontation.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Stefanski certainly isn’t blameless.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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Del Toro wants to emphasize the contrast between Frankenstein, corrupted by ambition, and his Creature, born blameless.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Nov. 2025
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“Guiltless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guiltless. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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