as in innocent
free from sin
the belief that limbo is the place where sinless but unbaptized souls abide until Judgment Day
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Recent Examples of sinless
Fatima and Ali’s lineage is called the Imamate, with each individual imam recognized as a sinless spiritual leader.
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Mary Thurlkill,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
The fact of elven immortality should also not create the impression of a sinless race.
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Jack Butler,
National Review,
31 Dec. 2023
People started seeing children as pure, as these like blank slates that are sinless, that are innocent, that are like the pinnacle of virtue.
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Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes,
11 June 2021
Mary Thurlkill,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
The fact of elven immortality should also not create the impression of a sinless race.
—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
31 Dec. 2023
People started seeing children as pure, as these like blank slates that are sinless, that are innocent, that are like the pinnacle of virtue.
—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes,
11 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinless
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All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
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That law predates the much wider United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which took effect in 1994, giving ships the right of innocent passage through any country's territorial waters without paying a fee.
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The World Cup visitors being blown away by all that is America is pure entertainment.
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Post-split, one Comcast entity will be a pure-play entertainment content company, with NBCUniversal and Sky assets, while the other company will be a leading broadband, cable and wireless provider.
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“Sinless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinless. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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