Blameless vs. Innocent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Blameless and Innocent
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Blameless
Free of blame or guilt; innocent.
Innocent
Uncorrupted by evil, malice, or wrongdoing; sinless
An innocent child.
Blameless
Free from blame; without fault; innocent
Innocent
Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless
Was innocent of all charges.
Blameless
Not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof.
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Innocent
Within, allowed by, or sanctioned by the law; lawful.
Blameless
Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; - sometimes followed by of.
A bishop then must be blameless.
Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave.
We will be blameless of this thine oath.
Innocent
Not dangerous or harmful; innocuous
An innocent prank.
Blameless
Free of guilt; not subject to blame;
Has lived a blameless life
Of irreproachable character
An unimpeachable reputation
Innocent
Candid; straightforward
A child's innocent stare.
Innocent
Not experienced or worldly; naive.
Innocent
Betraying or suggesting no deception or guile; artless.
Innocent
Not exposed to or familiar with something specified; ignorant
American tourists wholly innocent of French.
Innocent
Unaware
She remained innocent of the complications she had caused.
Innocent
Lacking, deprived, or devoid of something
A novel innocent of literary merit.
Innocent
A person, especially a child, who is free of evil or sin.
Innocent
A simple, guileless, inexperienced, or unsophisticated person.
Innocent
A very young child.
Innocent
Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
I'm sure there's an innocent explanation for all this.
The situation certainly looked bad, but it turned out that everything was innocent.
Innocent
Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
Innocent
Without wrongful intent; accidental or in good faith.
He didn't mean anything by it; it was an innocent mistake.
The child's innocent question revealed the embarrassing truth in front of everyone.
Innocent
Naive; artless.
Innocent
Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.
Innocent
(with of) Lacking (something), or knowledge of it.
Innocent
Lawful; permitted.
An innocent trade
Innocent
Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
Innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation
Innocent
One who is innocent, especially a young child.
The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.
Innocent
(obsolete) A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot.
Innocent
Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.
The spearSung innocent, and spent its force in air.
Innocent
Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb.
I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.
The aidless, innocent lady, his wished prey.
Innocent
Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.
Innocent from the great transgression.
Innocent
Simple; artless; foolish.
Innocent
Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
Innocent
Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.
Innocent
An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
Innocent
An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.
In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent.
Innocent
A person who lacks knowledge of evil
Innocent
Free from evil or guilt;
An innocent child
The principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
Innocent
Lacking intent or capacity to injure;
An innocent prank
Innocent
Free from sin
Innocent
Lacking in sophistication or worldliness;
A child's innocent stare
His ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it
Innocent
Used of things; lacking sense or awareness;
Ignorant hope
Fine innocent weather
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