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sinless

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈsɪnləs/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Without sin; never having sinned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: innocent, pure, blameless, clean, clean-handed, clean as a hound's tooth, clean as a whistle, clear, dovelike, guiltless, innocent as the babe unborn, innocent as the child unborn, irreprehensible, nonblameworthy, not guilty, offenseless, righteous, sackless, sinless, unblameable, unblameworthy, uncalculating, unguilty

Antonyms: sinful, at fault, blameworthy, censurable, culpable, guilty, nocent, reprehensible, to blame

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

free from sin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: impeccant, innocent

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English synneles, senneles, from Old English synlēas (“without sin; sinless”), equivalent to sin + -less. Compare Dutch zondeloos (“sinless”), German Low German sündelos, sündlos (“sinless”), German sündenlos (“sinless”), Icelandic syndlaus (“sinless”).

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: günahsız — without sin
  • Azerbaijani: qəbahətsiz — without sin
  • Azerbaijani: təqsirsiz — without sin
  • Belarusian: бязгрэ́шны (bjazhréšny) — without sin
  • Bulgarian: безгрешен (bezgrešen) — without sin
  • Czech: bezhříšný — without sin
  • Danish: syndeløs — without sin
  • Danish: syndefri — without sin
  • Dutch: zondeloos — without sin
  • Esperanto: senpeka — without sin
  • Finnish: synnitön — without sin
  • German: sündenlos — without sin
  • German: sündenfrei — without sin
  • German: unbefleckt — without sin
  • German: untadelig — without sin
  • Greek: αναμάρτητος (anamártitos) — without sin
  • Icelandic: syndlaus — without sin
  • Latin: impeccans — without sin
  • Middle English: synneles — without sin
  • Plautdietsch: sindlooss — without sin
  • Polish: bezgrzeszny — without sin
  • Portuguese: imaculado — without sin
  • Russian: безгре́шный (bezgréšnyj) — without sin
  • Russian: безукори́зненный (bezukoríznennyj) — without sin
  • Russian: безупре́чный (bezupréčnyj) — without sin
  • Serbo-Croatian: бѐзгрешан — without sin
  • Serbo-Croatian: бѐзгрјешан — without sin
  • Serbo-Croatian: bèzgrešan — without sin
  • Serbo-Croatian: bèzgrješan — without sin
  • Swedish: syndfri — without sin
  • Tibetan: དྲི་མེད (dri med) — without sin
  • Tibetan: སྐྱོན་མེད (skyon med) — without sin
  • Turkish: günahsız — without sin
  • Turkish: suçsuz — without sin
  • Ukrainian: безгрі́шний (bezhríšnyj) — without sin
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