At fault and Innocent

Opposite meaning terms

At fault adjective - Deserving blame.

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Innocent is an antonym for at fault.

Innocent adjective - Free from evil or guilt.

Usage example: an innocent child

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At fault is an antonym for innocent.

Nearby Words: innocuous, innocence, innocently

Alternate Character Interpretation: Hadestown encourages the listener to question whether the characters are innocent or at fault for what happens to them, especially in the case of Eurydice.

Source: Theatre / Hadestown
Unfortunately, he does this before the soldiers arrive, so they believe that he's the one at fault, and refuse to listen when Gringoire tells them that Quasimodo is innocent.

Source: Film / The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Not only is the automatic assumption that, the man's adultery aside, the woman is an innocent at no fault in the relationship, but in only changing the the celebrity and wife in question the further assumption is made that every relationship is the same and the man is always at fault.

Source: The Unfair Sex

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