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Vinony

guiltless

adjective

  1. not conferring guilt
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪltləs/

adj

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. 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.”