(a.) Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of.
Example Sentences:
(1) The power behind the shot was impressive but the goalkeeper was not entirely blameless, having thrown both hands towards the ball to no effect.
(2) And religious guru Asaram Bapu suggested that the victim was not blameless, asking provocatively: "Can one hand clap?"
(3) The X-Factoring of everyday life allows a discriminatory system to see itself as blameless.
(4) The word "beard", after all, can mean something used to hide sexuality or infidelity, and when not worn for blameless religious reasons, it can be hard to trust.
(5) Scotland David Marshall 7 Made one straightforward save and blameless for England’s opener, then replaced at half-time as Craig Gordon made his emotional return Steven Whitaker 6 Dispossessed by Welbeck early on, leading to a decent England chance.
(6) So next Sunday, he's going to murder blameless Father James as an enforced act of penance.
(7) It was only when she discovered her phone had been hacked on an industrial scale (she changed her number three times in three months, but it never did any good) that she realised all her nearest and dearest were blameless.
(8) We now know, for instance, that one newspaper employed at least four private investigators — one of them fresh from seven years in jail for blackmail and perverting the course of justice – to systemically hack, track, blag and otherwise pry into the private lives of numerous people in public life — from royalty, through politics to celebrities and blameless people who just happened to be caught up in the news, such as the relatives of the two Soham girls murdered by Ian Huntley.
(9) Yet the IOC instead attacked the World Anti-Doping Agency, which is not blameless but at least commissioned McLaren’s report.
(10) However, once again, Shore's blameless pursuit of the things he believed in worked out accidentally as good career politics.
(11) Some blameless little service – say Burma's hour of sustenance a day – is said to be in danger after 70 glorious years of truth-telling.
(12) All these reservations show how technically blameless future clinical trials have to be.
(13) Or are blameless British towns from Wrexham to Wroxham even now ringed by foreign vigilantes in makeshift trenches with knives between their teeth and murder in their heart?
(14) First, alcoholics are morally blameworthy, their condition the result of their own misconduct; such blameworthiness disqualifies alcoholics in unavoidable competition for organs with others who are equally sick but blameless.
(15) The decision to include childhood photographs in her memoir seems like a plea to remember that Dylan was once blameless, even cute.
(16) Obama says he won't mention future appointments but then goes on to praise and defend Susan Rice, saying that the UN ambassador was blameless regarding Benghazi.
(17) 75% were blameless and 68% of these were attacked outside the region where they lived.
(18) I am not blameless in the furthering of this terrible culture: among photos of what I'm reading and street scenes, my face pops up alarmingly regularly.
(19) If all rules of veterinary art, however, had fully been observed during rectal exploration, the proof of blamelessness for the investigator is very difficult to be obtained, when a perforation or a rupture has resulted.
(20) A film, according to this logic, exists only in the eye or mind of the beholder; Haneke, preserving his own moral superiority, takes no responsibility if someone sees Funny Games as a snuff movie or The Piano Teacher as pornography, and he remains blameless if we view Amour as a chilly experiment that vivisects its elderly actors.
Innocent
Definition:
(a.) Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.
(a.) Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
(a.) Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.
(a.) Simple; artless; foolish.
(a.) Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
(a.) Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.
(n.) An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
(n.) An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.
Example Sentences:
(1) At the trial Arena admitted involvement in criminal activity, but insisted he was innocent of the murders.
(2) In the UK, Coca-Cola owns Innocent smoothies while PepsiCo has Tropicana.
(3) But to treat a mistake as an automatic disqualification for advancement – even as heinous a mistake as presiding over a botched operation that resulted in the killing of an innocent man – could be depriving organisations, and the country, of leaders who have been tested and will not make the same mistake again.
(4) "They were not innocent, non-political children; these were young people who worked to actively uphold multicultural values.
(5) But Gashi told the Guardian: "I am responsible for innocent people going to jail.
(6) Drones are not only provocative and illegal in international law but have also led to the killing of many innocent civilians in other countries that has had a serious impact on how the US is perceived in the region.
(7) Dr Bhambra sustained the most dreadful life-changing injuries during a sustained racist attack on an innocent man, a member of a caring profession.” There was applause from the public gallery as the verdict was returned.
(8) But there is a difference between the loss of innocence and the growth of darkness.
(9) I do remain limited at present by what I can say due to the ongoing referral to the Criminal Cases Review Commission and whilst I continue to maintain my innocence, I wish to make it clear that I wholeheartedly apologise for the effects that night in Rhyl has had on many people, not least the woman concerned.” The 26-year-old also sought to disassociate himself for the first time from those using the internet to hound his victim.
(10) Maybe this will be increasing the frequency of patrols, or going to places that the Obama administration has been hesitant to go – such as actually undertaking a non-innocent passage military patrols within 12 miles of an artificial island.
(11) George, a loner who was said to have stalked and photographed hundreds of women, always maintained his innocence.
(12) Whitson also had strong words for Missouri Governor Jay Nixon , who has called for the “vigorous prosecution” of Wilson, calling such comments “ludicrous” and contrary to the spirit of “innocent until proven guilty”.
(13) And in today’s attack it was mostly innocent children.
(14) In its statement on Saturday, the ministry of foreign affairs accused the French journalist of “pouring fuel on the fire of terrorism and the brutal killing of innocent civilians”.
(15) However, as we watch Blade Runner , Deckard doesn’t feel like a replicant; he is dour and unengaged, but lacks his victims’ detached innocence, their staccato puzzlement at their own untrained feelings.
(16) Since the allegations became public, fans have taken to holding up homemade signs at Florida State games: "We Support Famous Jameis", "Jameis is Innocent," and "In Jameis Christ We Pray".
(17) Deschamps said: “It’s not that I don’t have confidence in Morgan, I know what he can do, but before making final decisions [on the Euro 2016 squad] it’s important that N’Golo comes with us to get more answers.” Benzema’s lawyer has previously protested his innocence, saying: “He played no part, I repeat no part, in any blackmail or attempted blackmail,” but Deschamps has passed up the opportunity to bring him back into the squad, perhaps feeling the political heat.
(18) Bryant told ESPN : "We were always confident that Chris was innocent but we just couldn't figure out what had happened.
(19) In the end, after a life of serial duplicity, innocent and otherwise, he found serenity.
(20) We can’t do this on our own.” He compared the company to smoothie maker Innocent, whose founders also decided to sell up after a blockbuster offer.