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SINLESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sinless mean?
• SINLESS (adjective)
The adjective SINLESS has 1 sense:
1. free from sin
Familiarity information: SINLESS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free from sin
Synonyms:
Similar:
virtuous (morally excellent)
Derivation:
sinlessness (the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil)
Context examples
I advise you to live sinless, and I wish you to die tranquil.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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