Blameless and Shamefaced

Blameless

Blameless adjective - Free from guilt or blame.
Usage example: a blameless baby shouldn't have to suffer for his parents' mistakes

Shamefaced is an antonym for blameless.

Nearby Words: blame, blameful, blamelessly

Shamefaced

Shamefaced adjective - Suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Usage example: the newspaper offered a shamefaced apology for having published photographs that were later exposed as fakes

Blameless is an antonym for shamefaced.

Nearby Word: shamefacedly
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