guiltless
/ˈɡɪltləs/
guiltless adjective: free from guilt; innocent.
Adjective
guiltless (comparative more guiltless, superlative most guiltless)
- Free from guilt; innocent.
- Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).
- Not encumbered with; free from.
- Their spears, wommeras, and boomerangs are guiltless of ornamentation, and save in a very few instances no idea of art seems to belong to the race.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 301
guiltless meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam
guiltless in Tamil
- குற்றமற்ற
guiltless in Marathi
- guiltless
- निरपराध niraprādh
guiltless in Urdu
- بیگناہ, بےخطا, بےقصور, معصوم, مبرا
guiltless in Malayalam
- without fault, innocent, blameless
- കുറ്റംചെയ്യാത്ത, നിരപരാധമായ, നിർദ്ദോഷ, നിർദ്ദോഷിയായ, അദോഷ, അപാപ
More languagesFewer languages
- guiltless in Kannada
- ಅಕೃಷ್ಣಕರ್ಮ
- guiltless in Punjabi
- ਨਿਦੋਸਾ nidosā
- guiltless in Sanskrit
- अनापत्ति anāpatti, निर्दोष nirdoṣa
Synonyms of guiltless
- blameless
- irreprehensible
- clean
- clean-handed
- clean as a hound's tooth
- clean as a whistle
- clear
- dovelike
- innocent
- innocent as the babe unborn
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Forms of guiltless
| comparative | more guiltless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most guiltless |
Origin of guiltless
From Middle English giltles, gultles, gyltles, from Old English *gyltlēas, equivalent to guilt + -less. Compare Old English sċyldlēas (“guiltless”).
Questions about guiltless
- What does guiltless mean?
- Guiltless means free from guilt; innocent.
- What is guiltless in Tamil?
- Guiltless in Tamil is குற்றமற்ற. See Guiltless meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is guiltless?
- Guiltless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce guiltless?
- Guiltless is pronounced /ˈɡɪltləs/.
Words near guiltless in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: guiltless (page history and authors); guiltless (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); निरपराध (Marathi) (page history and authors); guiltless (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); guiltless (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); guiltless (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨਿਦੋਸਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); अनापत्ति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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