GUILTLESS

innocent, guiltless, clean-handed

(adjective) free from evil or guilt; “an innocent child”; “the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

guiltless (comparative more guiltless, superlative most guiltless)

Free from guilt; innocent.

Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).

Source: Wiktionary


Guilt"less, a.

1. Free from guilt; innocent. The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Ex. xx. 7.

2. Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with). Such gardening tools, as art, yet rude, Guiltless of fire, had formed. Milton.

– Guilt"less*ly, adv.

– Guilt"less*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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