guiltless
adj/ˈɡɪltləs/
Etymology From Middle English giltles, gultles, gyltles, from Old English *gyltlēas, equivalent to guilt + -less. Compare Old English sċyldlēas (“guiltless”).
1
Free from guilt; innocent.
2
Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).
3
Humorous Not encumbered with; free from.
- Their spears, wommeras, and boomerangs are guiltless of ornamentation, and save in a very few instances no idea of art seems to belong to the race.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 301:
- Related terms
- guiltlessly, guiltlessness