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guiltless, a.|ˈgɪltlɪs| Forms: see guilt n. [Late OE. gyltléas, f. gylt guilt + -léas -less.] 1. Free from guilt; innocent. Const. of, † from.
c1200Vices & Virtues (1888) 133 Hande on hande nis naht ðe euele man gylt-leas. c1200Ormin 1977 Ȝho, þatt all wass gilltelæs. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 6707 Þe erl godwin..Let þis gultelese men sette al arewe. c1340Cursor M. 16406 (Trin.) Alle ȝe se he seide þat I am giltles of his lyue. 1382Wyclif Matt. xxvii. 24, I am innocent or giltlesse, fro the blood of this iust man. c1460Towneley Myst. iv. 207 And thus gyltles [I] shall be arayde. 1548Hall Chron., Rich. III, 8 b, The cause of the destruction of manye gyltles persones. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. viii. 36 All the floore..With blood of guiltlesse babes..Defiled was. 1647Cowley Mistr., Concealment i, So handsomly the thing contrive, That she may guiltless of it live. 1713Berkeley Guardian No. 62 ⁋3 The cheapness of puerile delights, the guiltless joy they leave upon the mind. 1750Gray Elegy xv, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. 1853Grote Greece ii. lxxxiv. XI. 189 Upon their guiltless heads fell all the terrors of retaliation for the enormities of the despot. quasi-advb.1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. ii. 291 a, He was..through enuie & falsely surmised accusacions, guiltelesse condemned & putte to death. b. absol. or quasi-n. Now only with the.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 105 Þe unbileffulle man werpeð his aȝen gilt uppe þe giltlese. a1300Cursor M. 11554 He made oon ordinaunce in hiȝe Þat mony gultles shulde diȝe. 13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 668 Hit is a dom þat neuer god gaue, Þat euer þe gyltlez schulde be schente. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 5152 Bathe giltles and als gylty. 1484Caxton Fables of Alfonce 1 Ye shold do grete synne yf ye dyd put this Innocent and gyltles to dethe. 1769Blackstone Comm. iv. xxvii. 336 In consequence of a notion that God would always interpose miraculously to vindicate the guiltless. †c. transf. Of things, places, etc.: Free from the stain of crime. Const. of. Obs.
1602Marston Ant. & Mel. iv. Wks. 1856 I. 46 Was ever Prince..Left shipwrackt, banisht, on more guiltlesse ground? 1652Benlowes Theoph. xii. lxxii, We there, on grassie tufted Tapistries In guiltlesse shades, by full hair'd trees..view natures ants and bees. 1725Pope Odyss. xi. 658 Though spears in iron tempests rain'd around, Yet innnocent they play'd, and guiltless of a wound. 1784Cowper Task iii. 698 That dissipated minds..Should seek the guiltless joys that I describe. †2. nonce-uses. a. Free from penalty, scot free. b. Undeserved. Obs.
1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 90 God, who permitteth no guile to be guiltlesse, will shortly requite this injury. 1602Marston Antonio's Rev. iv. iii. Wks. 1856 I. 126 Have I liv'd to see his ventures blurd With guiltlesse blots? 3. Having no acquaintance, dealings, or familiarity with, no experience or use of (something). Const. of. (Cf. innocent 2 c and guilty 2 c.)
1667Milton P.L. ix. 392 Not as shee with Bow and Quiver armd, But with such Gardning Tools as Art yet rude, Guiltless of fire had formd. 1693Dryden Ovid's Met. i. 132 The teeming earth, yet guiltless of the plough, And unprovok'd, did fruitful stores allow. a1763Shenstone Elegies i. 15 Guiltless of disguise. 1862Atlantic Monthly Sept. 338/2 Gabriel was..reported..to be guiltless of the alphabet. 1874L. Carr Jud. Gwynne I. i. 1 Distinguishing it from other farm-houses, which were guiltless of that special ornamentation. |