Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
INCULPABLE
blameless, inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachable
(adjective) free of guilt; not subject to blame; “has lived a blameless life”; “of irreproachable character”; “an unimpeachable reputation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
inculpable (comparative more inculpable, superlative most inculpable)
Not culpable; immune from liability.
Source: Wiktionary
In*cul"pa*ble, a. Etym: [L. inculpabilis: cf. F. incupable.]
Definition: Faultless; blameless; innocent. South. An innocent and incupable piece of ignorance. Killingbeck.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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