unreproachedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈprəʊtʃt/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈproʊtʃt/ Not subjected to reproach or blame; uncensured.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective] > approved or accepted > not objected to or censured
blameless1377
unreprovedc1425
unrebukedc1475
unberisped1481
uncastigate1539
unreprehended1572
uncensured1574
unimproved1604
unreproached1616
uncontemned1623
unmurmureda1627
unrepined1626
unexcepted1631
unrejecteda1643
uncomplained1648
untwitted1651
uncastigated1657
unupbraided1682
unobjected1687
unjobed1732
uncriticized1751
unremonstrated1756
unanimadverted1816
unscolded1855
uncondemned1861
undecried1868
1616 T. Adams Divine Herball iv. 134 These are sauage & popular humors, that cannot suffer eminency to passe vnreproched.
1653 tr. L. van Aitzema Notable Revol. Netherlands 572 The Reason..should bee examined, by the Lords Stadtholders and the rest of the unreproached Arbiters.
1752 London Daily Advertiser 24 June This was the single Step in my hard Fortune, between unreproached Honour and perfect Infamy.
1753 S. Foote Englishman in Paris ii. 30 Full fifteen Years, in Wedlock's sacred Bands, have I liv'd unreproach'd.
a1812 J. S. Buckminster Serm. (1827) 262 He passed through the world unreproached. He now sees, that his innocence..was unreproached, because unknown or despised.
1872 Old & New Apr. 400/1 Encourage her to chronicle her conclusions with fearless and unreproached fidelity.
1922 N. L. McClung Purple Springs xix. 248 The real culprit went free and unreproached.
2004 Times 6 Apr. (T2 section) 4/4 Splat-mats for babies to throw their dinner on, unreproached.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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