Blāme'less, a.

Without fault; innocent; guiltless; not meriting censure.

A bishop then must be blameless. 1 Tim. iii. 2.

Sometimes followed by of. “Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave.” Mullet.

We will be blameless of this thine oath. Josh. ii. 17.

Synonyms—BLAMELESS, SPOTLESS, FAULTLESS, STAINLESS. We speak of a thing as blameless when it is free from blame, or the just imputation of fault; as, a blameless life or character. The others are stronger. We speak of a thing as faultless, stainless, or spotless, only when we mean that it is absolutely without fault or blemish; as, a spotless or stainless reputation; a faultless course of conduct. The last three words apply only to the general character, while blameless may be used in reference to particular points; as, in this transaction he was wholly blameless. We also apply faultless to personal appearance; as, a faultless figure; which can not be done in respect to any of the other words.