Blameless

Not responsible for a wrong, failure, or harmful outcome.

Reach for it when clearing a person whose conduct did not cause the problem

The independent review found the maintenance technician blameless.

• playful

  in the clear

  informal reassurance follows suspicion

  not when the finding needs sober wording

• everyday

  innocent

  someone did not commit the alleged act

  not when responsibility without accusation is assessed

• professional

  not responsible

  causal accountability is specifically denied

  not when warm praise is desired

• formal

  exonerated

  an inquiry has formally cleared someone

  not when no prior allegation existed

• formal

  faultless

  conduct contains no error at all

  not when the person simply did not cause this outcome

• literary

  above reproach

  character or conduct merits no criticism

  not when legal innocence is the precise claim

• culpable
• guilty
• responsible

• entirely blameless

  The evidence showed that the driver was entirely blameless.

• remain blameless

  A good intention alone does not make every decision remain blameless.

• found blameless

  Both volunteers were found blameless after the records were checked.