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if the jury acquits him, he is guiltless in the eyes of the law
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Many fans found its generally joyous treatment of Miranda’s guiltless affair with Che, a nonbinary comedian, in the first season off-putting.
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Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
In the wake of Franco’s death, in 1975, came the pacto del olvido, or pact of oblivion—a determination, enshrined in the Amnesty Law of 1977, to brush away the vestiges of former crimes and hence to move onward with a guiltless transition to democracy.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2021
So hats (halos?) off to you, Mr. Woolverton, and may the binge-watching, pint-guzzling, relatively guiltless movie marathons commence.
—Susie Neilson, The Cut, 21 Aug. 2017
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Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
In the wake of Franco’s death, in 1975, came the pacto del olvido, or pact of oblivion—a determination, enshrined in the Amnesty Law of 1977, to brush away the vestiges of former crimes and hence to move onward with a guiltless transition to democracy.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2021
So hats (halos?) off to you, Mr. Woolverton, and may the binge-watching, pint-guzzling, relatively guiltless movie marathons commence.
—Susie Neilson, The Cut, 21 Aug. 2017
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“Guiltless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guiltless. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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