guiltlessness

Example Sentences

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In a certain sense, wealthy people could live with a justifiable guiltlessness in “Mad Men” New York.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2012

Among such victims of war, children, with their mixture of helplessness and guiltlessness, are the most poignant.

From Time Magazine Archive

I care not that this Dalton should have been as innocent as you are of this crime,—it matters little if his guiltlessness appear from the very outset.

From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James

"Now, sir," said Fritzing, assuming an air of brisk bravery and guiltlessness, "what can we do for you?"

From The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight by Elizabeth

He cites Phinehas ben Yair, as follows: "The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness; carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness; guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness into cleanliness; cleanliness into godliness,"—literally, next to godliness.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John