sinless

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnləs/

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Adjective

sinless (comparative more sinless, superlative most sinless)

1. Without sin; never having sinned.

   Synonyms: innocent, pure; see also Thesaurus:innocent

   Antonyms: sinful; see also Thesaurus:guilty

Derived terms

• sinlessly
• sinlessness

Translations

without sin

• Azerbaijani: günahsız, qəbahətsiz, təqsirsiz
• Belarusian: бязгрэ́шны (be) (bjazhréšny)
• Bulgarian: безгрешен (bg) (bezgrešen)
• Czech: bezhříšný
• Danish: syndeløs, syndefri
• Dutch: zondeloos (nl)
• Esperanto: senpeka
• Finnish: synnitön (fi)
• German: sündenlos, sündenfrei, unbefleckt (de), untadelig (de)
• Greek: αναμάρτητος (el) (anamártitos)
• Icelandic: syndlaus
• Latin: impeccans m or f
• Middle English: synneles
• Plautdietsch: sindlooss
• Polish: bezgrzeszny (pl)
• Portuguese: imaculado (pt)
• Russian: безгре́шный (ru) (bezgréšnyj), безукори́зненный (ru) (bezukoríznennyj), безупре́чный (ru) (bezupréčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бѐзгрешан (Ekavian and Ijekavian), бѐзгрјешан (Ijekavian)

  Latin: bèzgrešan (sh) (Ekavian and Ijekavian), bèzgrješan (Ijekavian)

• Swedish: syndfri (sv)
• Tibetan: དྲི་མེད (dri med), སྐྱོན་མེད (skyon med)
• Turkish: günahsız (tr), suçsuz (tr)
• Ukrainian: безгрі́шний (uk) (bezhríšnyj)

Anagrams

• sliness