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1. We have none to blame but ourselves. She . . . blamed her noble blood. You were to blame, I must be plain with you. Blame Let me bear the blame forever. Holy and without blame before him in love. Syn. Censure; reprehension; condemnation; reproach; fault; sin; crime; wrongdoing. Blameless A bishop then must be blameless. Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave. We will be blameless of this thine oath. Syn. Irreproachable; sinless; unblemished; inculpable. 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 reverence 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. Blamelessly Blamelessness |
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