as in innocent
free from sin
the belief that limbo is the place where sinless but unbaptized souls abide until Judgment Day
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Recent Examples of sinless
In order to receive atonement for sins, most Christians believe that God was manifest in the flesh in Jesus Christ and shed his sinless blood as a propitiation for their sins (Romans 3:25).
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Peter Cordi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Dec. 2025
The fact of elven immortality should also not create the impression of a sinless race.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
People started seeing children as pure, as these like blank slates that are sinless, that are innocent, that are like the pinnacle of virtue.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 11 June 2021
God looks upon us and sees His perfect, sinless Son.
—The Rev. Bill Thomas, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 Sep. 2019
Peter Cordi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Dec. 2025
The fact of elven immortality should also not create the impression of a sinless race.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
People started seeing children as pure, as these like blank slates that are sinless, that are innocent, that are like the pinnacle of virtue.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 11 June 2021
God looks upon us and sees His perfect, sinless Son.
—The Rev. Bill Thomas, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinless
Adjective
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As if the wide-eyed innocent who arrived here has been hardened.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Other concerns, Corrado notes, include the chance that an extremely sensitive DNA test could generate a DNA profile of someone who was never at a crime scene but whose DNA was transferred there by a family member or through other innocent means.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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California lifestyle If the architecture and location are pure aspirational California living, the Instagram campaign is something else entirely.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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And in one of Fennell’s wildest edits, pure-hearted girl next door Isabella Linton (Alison Oliver) becomes a scary-horny savant à la Emma Stone in Poor Things, with a fabulous voodoo dollhouse and a questionably consensual taste for S&M.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Sinless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinless. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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