unblamed

Free from fault

Unblamed describes someone or something that has not been held responsible or faulted for a wrongdoing.

If you emerge from a scandal unblamed, no one has pointed the finger at you.

The word appears most often in formal or literary contexts: She remained unblamed despite the project's failure.

It carries a slightly different shade than innocent—unblamed suggests simply that blame hasn't landed on you, whether deserved or not.

blameless

innocent

Free from moral wrong

unimpeachable · sinless · clean-handed · inculpable · not guilty · beyond reproach · uncensured · uncharged · unindicted · uncriticized

exonerated

absolved

Freed from guilt

cleared · pardoned · forgiven · discharged · reprieved · justified · released · liberated · redeemed · spared

untarnished

unblemished

Free from any defect

unsoiled · immaculate · pristine · impeccable · stainless · unquestioned · unchallenged · undisputed · intact · unmarred

Opposites
attribution of fault

unblamedblamed

Held at fault

accused · culpable · faulted · condemned · censured

Family

unblamable, unblameable

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