unblameableunblamableadj.
Blameless, irreproachable.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > absence of moral flaw > [adjective] > above reproach
unreprovablea1382
irreprehensiblec1384
irreprevablec1440
irreprovable?1504
unrebukable1530
unblameable?1537
unreproachable1578
unaccusable1582
irreproachable1634
unimpeachable1785
uncensurable1821
sanctorum1824
Simon Pure1835
?1537 in W. Tyndale Expos. Fyrste, Seconde & Thyrde Epist. St. Jhon (3 John i. 12) f. cv A man of maruaylous integrete and vnblameable.
1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue Ep. Ded. sig. *iijv [They] would fayne in lyfe seeme innocent and vnblameable.
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (i. 6) 93 The most commendable conformitie is to ioyne to vncorrupt doctrine an vnblameable life.
1693 Apol. Clergy Scotl. 15 I know not a more unblamable Company of men upon Earth than the Episcopal Clergy of Scotland.
1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. i. 72 His Followers, whom their very Enemies acknowledged to be unblameable in their actions.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 172 If unblameable in word and thought, A man arise.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 237 That Scotland would forgive him [sc. Knox] for having been worth to it any million ‘unblameable’ Scotchmen that need no forgiveness!
Derivatives
unˈblamableness n. (also unˈblameableness)
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > absence of moral flaw > [noun]
integrity1561
unblamableness1638
unreprovableness1659
impeccableness1696
irreproach1793
unimpeachableness1817
irreproachableness1828
unimpeachability1830
irreproachability1833
1638 E. Reynolds Serm. Peace Church 42 Piety and unblameablenesse of living.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Lanc. 107 Elizabeths unblameableness..the Canaanitish Womans faith, Mary Magdalens charity.
a1716 J. Killingbeck Serm. (1717) 23 The Integrity of his Heart, and the Unblamableness of his Life.
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adj.?1537