inculpableadj.
/ɪnˈkʌlpəb(ə)l/ Now rare.
Not culpable; blameless; free from blame.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [adjective] > blameless
unfakenOE
lastlessc1225
unculpable1382
plightlessa1400
freelessc1400
unblamed14..
inculpablea1492
blameless1535
unblameful1570
witeless1578
inculpate1612
amomous1683
sans reprochea1845
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. Prol. f. iv/1 They knewe not that ony euyll were done in the worlde, ne also what synne was: But they were all vtterly Inculpable.
1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance x. f. 19v Such personages as neuer were infamed with any vyce notable, and whose lyues be inculpable.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. v. 153 Little more then sins of pure and inculpable ignorance.
1730 B. Franklin in Pennsylvania Gaz. 2–9 July 2/1 If his Error is invincible, or such as..he could not help, he is inculpable.
1858 F. W. Faber Spiritual Conf. (1870) 160 There are inculpable unrealities to which bodily weakness exposes us.
Derivatives
inculpaˈbility n. = inculpableness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [noun] > blamelessness
inculpableness1548
faultlessnessa1586
blamelessnessa1691
inculpability1765
1765 R. Bentley Patriotism (ed. 2) v. 69 Pitying Justice tacks, in their defence, Inculpability to want of sense.
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adj.a1492