Adjective : a blameless child. From Dictionary.com.
To say no more about Arthur's technical "blamelessness," he has, by the coming of Lancelot, ceased to be altogether heroic. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800] Reference
It fosters an equanimity that results in "blamelessness," feeling comfortable in any setting or with any group without the need to find fault or blame. From Wordnik.com. [Management-Issues : News] Reference
"blamelessness" which grew more trying still in Tennyson's King. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800] Reference
Do not kill”; for this is the childlike blamelessness which is proposed to us, if we would enter the kingdom of heaven. From Wordnik.com. [Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark] Reference
I would have them stand the test of ages in their blamelessness. 392. From Wordnik.com. [On Hunting] Reference
I may be 'forgiven' but a state of grace does not equal a state of blamelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Chris and Nell] Reference
He, on his part, often bore witness to the unselfishness and blamelessness of her life, generally adding. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Sir Richard Burton] Reference
During the final debate, McCain reasserted the blamelessness of his supporters --- and exonerated himself, too. From Wordnik.com. [John Lumea: John McCain at the Craps Table of History] Reference
I suffer two immediate and competing reactions: the first is a profound fear, the second a strong sense of blamelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Tim Dowling: A writer wronged] Reference
It views also legal righteousness, blamelessness before men, uprightness of conversation, duties upon conviction, and concludes of all as Paul doth, Phil. iii. From Wordnik.com. [Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost] Reference
I would have them stand the test of ages in their blamelessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Sportsman] Reference
I know it is not; but their blamelessness does not make me love them more. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth and Her German Garden] Reference
The bond which unites to Him is not blamelessness of life but simple trust. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII] Reference
That was an unshaken belief in the entire blamelessness of the dead Gilson. From Wordnik.com. [The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians] Reference
Heck, even Susan Faludi went on to defend the blamelessness of individual males in. From Wordnik.com. [BroadwayWorld.com Seattle Stories] Reference
Yet no one disputed the blamelessness of his life and the elevation of his character. From Wordnik.com. [Beacon Lights of History] Reference
Even the blamelessness of the latter yielded no comfort; it savoured of a lack of spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Dialstone Lane, Part 1.] Reference
And he called me to testify to her goodness and charity, and the blamelessness of her life. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Whittier] Reference
The relation between Comte and Madame de Vaux was one of absolute blamelessness and purity. From Wordnik.com. [The Friendships of Women] Reference
He recognized the flats for what they were -- just so many layers of big-brained blamelessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories] Reference
Was the secret of her actual blamelessness, after all, with him who has at least screened her name?. From Wordnik.com. [Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1] Reference
Yet no one has ever impeached the sincerity of Fuller's convictions, and the blamelessness of his life. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Elizabethan Literature] Reference
His conviction of Christ's blamelessness and his desire to save Him from the cross are beyond question. From Wordnik.com. [Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern] Reference
And if there be a man here who is living a life of surface blamelessness, it has as solemn a lesson for him. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke] Reference
With the same breath asserting indignation at being so misled, and protesting the blamelessness of his intentions. From Wordnik.com. [Maria Chapdelaine] Reference
Not for a moment, during the afternoon, was the thought that his father knew of his blamelessness absent from Andrew's mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Rule] Reference
No child was admitted into the kindred of its father until all concerned were fully convinced of the blamelessness of its pedigree. From Wordnik.com. [On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay] Reference
Also a little of the responsibility would have been his -- thus obliterating the irritating daily spectacle of his untarnished blamelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Balloons] Reference
If he held out long, well and good, but should he succumb to their benign treatment, their faith would be steadfast in their own blamelessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedy of St. Helena] Reference
The father is, perhaps, a professional man of some kind, whose blamelessness has not brought him solid success, so that there is always tightness. From Wordnik.com. [As We Are and As We May Be] Reference
In answer to the question as to whether this blamelessness has reference to God's estimate of the saints or men's, Scripture clearly connects it with both. From Wordnik.com. [Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy] Reference
Their spotless blossoms were regarded as symbolising that delicacy of sentiment and blamelessness of life belonging to high courtesy and true knightliness. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series] Reference
Luke adds that he was a 'ruler' -- a synagogue official, that is -- which was unusual for a young man, and indicates that his legal blamelessness was recognised. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII] Reference
He would be confident and depressed all in the same breath, as if some conviction of innate blamelessness had checked the truth writhing within him at every turn. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Jim] Reference
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