blamelessness
Freedom from fault
Blamelessness is the state of being free from fault or responsibility for wrongdoing.
It suggests innocence that can withstand scrutiny: The investigation confirmed her blamelessness in the scandal.
The word often appears in moral or legal contexts where someone's conduct is being evaluated.
Absence of culpability
- faultlessnessHaving no defects
- sinlessnessFreedom from moral wrong
- irreproachabilityFlawless moral standing
- unimpeachabilityFreedom from valid criticism
clean hands · clear conscience · above reproach · beyond reproach · unblemished · untainted · unsullied · spotless
Moral correctness or virtue
- uprightnessMoral correctness and honesty
- probityThorough moral honesty
- rectitudeMoral straightness
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
morality · honor · ethics · principled · scrupulousness · conscientiousness · incorruptibility · noble
Formal clearing of charges
- vindicationClearance of blame
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- exculpationClearing from fault
discharge · cleared · not guilty · dropped charges · dismissal · reprieve · pardon · amnesty
Quality of being inviolable
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- chastityAbstaining from sexual activity
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
- wholesomenessQuality of being good
undefiled · unstained · unsoiled · pristine · angelic · untouched · clean · uncorrupted
guiltlessness
Absence of culpability
- faultlessnessHaving no defects
- sinlessnessFreedom from moral wrong
- irreproachabilityFlawless moral standing
unimpeachability · clean hands · clear conscience · above reproach · beyond reproach · unblemished · untainted · unsullied · spotless · stainless
righteousness
Moral correctness or virtue
- uprightnessMoral correctness and honesty
- probityThorough moral honesty
- rectitudeMoral straightness
integrity · morality · honor · ethics · principled · scrupulousness · conscientiousness · incorruptibility · noble · honorable
acquittal
Formal clearing of charges
- vindicationClearance of blame
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
exculpation · discharge · cleared · not guilty · dropped charges · dismissal · reprieve · pardon · amnesty · immunity
sanctity
Quality of being inviolable
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- chastityAbstaining from sexual activity
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
wholesomeness · undefiled · unstained · unsoiled · pristine · angelic · untouched · clean · uncorrupted · virginal
- innocenceinnocent, innocence, purity, pure, naive
- integrityintegrity, honesty, truthfulness, uprightness, rectitude
- Harmless thingsinnocence, gentleness, kindness, mildness, safety
- Book of JobJob, Satan, Yahweh, God, Leviathan
- moral statesmorality, immorality, virtue, vice, righteousness
- honorhonor, honor code, code of honor, personal honor, word of honor
blamelessnessguilt
Moral self-reproach
culpability · blameworthiness · fault · guiltiness · reprehensibility
blamelessnesscorruption
Dishonest abuse of power
wickedness · depravity · villainy · immorality · sinfulness
blame, blameless, blameworthy, blamable, blamelessly, unblamable, blameable, unblamed