taintless

Free from stain

Taintless means free from taint—without stain, blemish, or corruption.

The word is rare and literary, appearing mostly in older texts or deliberately elevated prose: a taintless reputation, taintless virtue.

Modern English more commonly uses untainted or spotless.

purity

pure

Unmixed, without impurities

clean · uncontaminated · unadulterated · sterile · wholesome · hygienic · antiseptic · undefiled · unpolluted · uncorrupted

physical

unblemished

Free from any defect

intact · undamaged · unscarred · untouched · unspoiled · unimpaired · untarnished · unbroken · whole · preserved

moral

innocent

Free from moral wrong

sinless · upright · righteous · uncorrupted · honorable · ethical · noble · irreproachable · unblamable · faultless

spiritual

holy

Dedicated to the divine

hallowed · consecrated · blessed · angelic · transcendent · sacrosanct · immaculate · chaste · virginal · saintly

Opposites
purity/contamination

taintlesstainted

Contaminated, made impure

contaminated · polluted · corrupted · impure · defiled

moral integrity

taintlesscorrupt

Dishonest, open to bribes

tainted · debased · degraded · depraved · sinful

Family

taint, tainted, stainless, untainted, tainting

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G