unblameable

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unblameable

unblamable

adj

not able to be blamed; immune to blame; blameless

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unblamable

also unblameable
adjective

1. Free from guilt or blame:

blameless, faultless, guiltless, harmless, innocent, irreproachable, lily-white.

Slang: clean.

Idiom: in the clear.

2. Beyond reproach:

blameless, exemplary, good, irreprehensible, irreproachable, lily-white.

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