as in innocent
free from guilt or blame
a blameless baby shouldn't have to suffer for his parents' mistakes
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Yu Bai and Louise Wong are among the heroes in helmets putting their lives on the line for the sake of seven million innocent souls, but the city’s ordinary civilian population is almost entirely absent from the unfolding drama.James Marsh, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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The post itself is innocent enough, and features The Breakfast Club co-host FaceTiming with the Brooklyn icon herself, who gave full approval of the youngster rocking her signature colorful looks from the 1997 video, which featured appearances from Uncle Luke, Aaliyah, Sheek Louch and others.Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Many fans found its generally joyous treatment of Miranda’s guiltless affair with Che, a nonbinary comedian, in the first season off-putting.Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
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In the wake of Franco’s death, in 1975, came the pacto del olvido, or pact of oblivion—a determination, enshrined in the Amnesty Law of 1977, to brush away the vestiges of former crimes and hence to move onward with a guiltless transition to democracy.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2021
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Kasatkina was almost faultless on break points, converting seven of her eight chances and wrapped up the title against her 17-year-old compatriot in one hour and 56 minutes.Johannes Sasay-Wada, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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The over-the-air software updates are frequent and generally faultless, regularly bringing new features (such as enabling the Matrix LED headlights).James Morris, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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There may be practical reasons that your friend won’t get his way, but his argument, unlike his driving, is irreproachable.Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 June 2024
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Jefferson points out that there is great pressure on men of the Morehouse variety to prove wrong the racist stereotypes of Black males as being lazy or criminal — to embrace a kind of Barack Obama masculinity that is solid and irreproachable.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
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“Blameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blameless. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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