"blameless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more blameless [comparative], most blameless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English blameles, equivalent to blame + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blameles}} Middle English blameles, {{suffix|en|blame|less}} blame + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} blameless (comparative more blameless, superlative most blameless)
  1. Free from blame; without fault; innocent Synonyms: guiltless Translations (free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless): невинен (nevinen) (Bulgarian), syytön (Finnish), inocente (Galician), निर्दोष (nirdoṣ) (Hindi), feddhetetlen (Hungarian), 非の打ち所が無い (hi no uchidokoro ga nai) (Japanese), innocens (Latin), blameles (Middle English), daddelfri (Norwegian), uklanderlig (Norwegian Bokmål), inocent (Romanian), neprihănit (Romanian), nevinovat (Romanian), безупре́чный (bezupréčnyj) (Russian), निर्दोष (nirdoṣa) (Sanskrit), نردوش (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-blameless-en-adj-TifzxUDL Disambiguation of 'free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless': 89 11
  2. Not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof. Translations (not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof): безупречен (bezuprečen) (Bulgarian), nuhteeton (Finnish), निर्दोष (nirdoṣ) (Hindi), 非の打ち所が無い (hi no uchidokoro ga nai) (Japanese), безупре́чный (bezupréčnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-blameless-en-adj-jvZ8KGM- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 33 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of 'not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sackless Derived forms: blamelessly, blamelessness, nonblameless
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          "word": "非の打ち所が無い"
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      "word": "inocente"
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      "word": "非の打ち所が無い"
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      "word": "безупре́чный"
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      "word": "निर्दोष"
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      "word": "نردوش"
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      "roman": "bezuprečen",
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      "word": "безупречен"
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      "roman": "nirdoṣ",
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      "word": "निर्दोष"
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      "roman": "hi no uchidokoro ga nai",
      "sense": "not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof",
      "word": "非の打ち所が無い"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezupréčnyj",
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      "word": "безупре́чный"
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  "word": "blameless"
}

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