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adjective

Guiltless adj.

Free from guilt; innocent. "The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain."

Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with). "Such gardening tools, as art, yet rude, Guiltless of fire, had formed."

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Etymology of 'Guiltless'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Guiltless" Quotes from Famous Books

... though better had one seen her weep than smile in such wise. And she saith, "I have known that these many days;" and she leaned towards him, and placed both hands upon his head, saying, "Weep not. I hold thee guiltless. ...

— A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales • Amelie Rives

... with my God. Meek Daughter in the family of Christ! Well hast thou said and holily disprais'd These shapings of the unregenerate mind; 55 Bubbles that glitter as they rise and break On vain Philosophy's aye-babbling spring. For never guiltless may I speak of him, The Incomprehensible! save when with awe I praise him, and with Faith that inly feels;[102:1] 60 Who with his saving mercies heald me, A sinful and most miserable man, Wilder'd and dark, ...

— The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Vol I and II • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

... shivering little bodies were snuggled down in somebody's thick fur coat, or that somebody's warm red tongue was licking and stroking and caressing them. Much less could they have known how that big, strong, comforting somebody came to be there, or how many harmless and guiltless little lives had been snuffed out to give her life and to enable her to give it to them. But they knew that all was well with them, and that everything was just as it should be—and they ...

— Forest Neighbors - Life Stories of Wild Animals • William Davenport Hulbert

... salvation of men. "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth." These words of the Saviour he will do well to ponder night and day, till they become a part of his spiritual life; and to remember always that, if such be the divine origin and high office of scriptural truth, God will not hold guiltless any who tamper with it in the interest of preconceived human opinions, thus substituting the folly of man for ...

— Companion to the Bible • E. P. Barrows

... then, eternal gods, will doom A guiltless maid to lasting gloom? Oh! this thy rigour, heaven, shames Hell's ...

— Psyche • Moliere

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