faultlessnessn.
/ˈfɔːltləsnəs/, /ˈfɒltləsnəs/, U.S. /ˈfɔltləsnəs/, /ˈfɑltləsnəs/ The quality or condition of being faultless.† a. Freedom from blame; blamelessness. Obsolete.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [noun] > blamelessness
inculpableness1548
faultlessnessa1586
blamelessnessa1691
inculpability1765
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Nn4v The wronge..you doe vnto me, to thinke me..so childish, as not to perceaue your faithful faultlessnes.
1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iv. iii. 208 Our Idea's of Excusableness or Faultlesness.
b. Freedom from defect or blemish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > purity or freedom from flaws
integrityc1450
purenessc1500
purity1553
indefectuousness1685
undefectiveness1702
immaculacy1774
faultlessness1818
inerrancy1818
flawlessness1888
1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets iv. 99 His excellence is by no means faultlessness.
a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1856) 2nd Ser. 197 Perfection is more than faultlessness.
1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 4 Venus..proud in the conviction of her faultlessness.
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