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(adj)
Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
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Full of virtue; having excellent moral character.
(of sleep) Quiet and deep.
Of a person or an animal:
Vertical; erect.
Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
Free from error; true; accurate.
treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased
Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
(of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.
Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.
Causing death; lethal.
Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.
Having a justification.
(adv)
In a correct manner.
By right; by law.
Causing death or destruction.
(n)
(uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.
Relating to poetry.
A surname.
Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
(not comparable) Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession.
Like or characteristic of a saint; befitting a holy person; saintlike.
Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
strongly adhering to, or heedful of, guiding beliefs or moral rules
Obeying the laws of society; not a lawbreaker; without a criminal record.
Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking.
Free from blame; without fault; innocent
Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
Devoted to a god or God; devout; holy; righteous.
Without fault; free from defect or error.
Free from blame, not open to reproach or criticism; blameless.
Having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy.
Deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward.
Lacking blemishes; faultless.
Free from stain, blemish, evil or corruption; immaculate; uncorrupted.
Without sin; impeccable
Not experiencing guilt.
Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors
Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
not reprehensible, blameless, without blame; innocent
Not righteous; wicked.
not blameful or blameworthy; innocent
Not committing sins.
(chiefly law) Absence of guilt.
(archaic) Not morally depraved or corrupted.
Feeling or showing no sorrow or regret for wrongdoing.
Beyond doubt.
Not blameworthy.
Not having been wronged.
Not bearing identification.
Not sinful.
Not tainted; free of contamination; pure.
Not having been profaned; unsullied.
Not foul; fair.
Not flawed.
Not liable to be reproached; irreproachable.
Not attainted or corrupted; impartial.
Not condemned.
Free from errors.
Not pure
Not repentant.
(social) Unconstrained.
Without redemption.
Uncontaminated, undirtied, pure, clean, immaculate.
Not repented of.
Beyond reproach; unimpeachable.
Not corrupted; pure, whole
(obsolete) Free from rioting; without riots.
(obsolete) Guilty person.
Free from fraud.
Not befouled.
(idiomatic) Out of this world; of exceptionally high quality; wonderful; marvelous.
not corrupt, void of moral corruption
Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.
(not comparable) Free from errors; accurate, correct.
Not corrupt; honest, fair.
(obsolete) Not shent; not disgraced; blameless.
Not guilty.
Not exculpated.
Alternative spelling of unblameable. [Innocent.]
Not sullied.
Not culpable; immune from liability.
Not having done penance; not having atoned.
One who is not penitent.
Innocent.
Not having been pardoned; unforgiven.
Not blamed.
Nonstandard form of innocent, representing a hypercorrection in h-dropping accents. [Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.]
Not reprobated.
Unrepentant.
(of a person) Not redeemed; not granted redemption or salvation; unsaved.