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stainless
CIDE DICTIONARY
stainless, a.
Free from stain; immaculate. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"The very care he took to keep his name
Stainless, with some was evidence of shame." [1913 Webster]
Stainless, with some was evidence of shame." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Blameless; spotless; faultless. See Blameless.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stainless, adj.
1 (esp. of a reputation) without stains.
2 not liable to stain.
1 (esp. of a reputation) without stains.
2 not liable to stain.
Idiom
stainless steel chrome steel not liable to rust or tarnish under ordinary conditions.
THESAURUS
stainless
Christian, absolute, beyond all praise, blameless, bleached, blotless, bright, chaste, clean, cleanly, creditable, dainty, decent, defectless, dirt-free, erect, estimable, ethical, fair, fastidious, faultless, flawless, fresh, full of integrity, good, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest, honorable, ideal, immaculate, impeccable, indefectible, indefective, infallible, innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, just, just right, kosher, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, manly, modest, moral, noble, nonpolluted, of cleanly habits, peerless, perfect, principled, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded, righteous, ritually pure, sexually innocent, shiny, sinless, smut-free, smutless, snowy, spotless, sterling, sweet, tahar, taintless, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, tubbed, unadulterated, unbesmirched, unblemished, unblotted, uncontaminated, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unfaultable, unimpeachable, unmixed, unmuddied, unpolluted, unsmirched, unsmudged, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, virtuous, well-scrubbed, well-washed, white, whitened, worthy, yeomanlyROGET THESAURUS
stainless
Cleanness
N cleanness, cleanliness, purity, cleaning, purification, defecation, purgation, lustration, detersion, abstersion, epuration, mundation, ablution, lavation, colature, disinfection, drainage, sewerage, lavatory, laundry, washhouse, washerwoman, laundress, dhobi, laundryman, washerman, scavenger, dustman, sweep, white wings brush, broom, besom, mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter, blotter, napkin, cloth, maukin, malkin, handkerchief, towel, sudary, doyley, doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab, cover, drugget, wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative, purifier, disinfectant, aperient, benzene, benzine benzol, benolin, bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent, laxative, clean, cleanly, pure, immaculate, spotless, stainless, taintless, trig, without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted, uninfected, sweet, sweet as a nut, neat, spruce, tidy, trim, gimp, clean as a new penny, like a cat in pattens, cleaned, kempt, abstergent, cathartic, cleansing, purifying, neatly, clean as a whistle.Probity
N probity, integrity, rectitude, uprightness, honesty, faith, honor, bonne foi, good faith, bona fides, purity, clean hands, fairness, fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness, grace, constancy, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, incorruption, incorruptibility, trustworthiness, truth, candor, singleness of heart, veracity, tender conscience, punctilio, delicacy, nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, scruple, point, point of honor, punctuality, dignity, (repute), respectability, respectableness, gentilhomme, gentleman, man of honor, man of his word, fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo, truepenny, trump, brick, true Briton, white man, court of honor, a fair field and no favor, argumentum ad verecundiam, upright, honest, honest as daylight, veracious, virtuous, honorable, fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square, fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard, white, constant, constant as the northern star, faithful, loyal, staunch, true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole, marble-constant, true- hearted, trusty, trustworthy, as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible, straightforward, frank, candid, open-hearted, conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded, high-principled, high-minded, scrupulous, religious, strict, nice, punctilious, correct, punctual, respectable, reputable, gentlemanlike, inviolable, inviolate, unviolated, unbroken, unbetrayed, unbought, unbribed, innocent, pure, stainless, unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, undepraved, undebauched, integer vitae scelerisque purus, justus et tenax propositi, chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche, high-spirited, supramundane, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous, honorable, bona fide, on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae, with clean hands, a face untaught to feign, bene qui latuit bene vixit, mens sibi conscia recti, probitas laudatur et alget, fidelis ad urnam, his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth, loyaute m'oblige, loyaute n'a honte, what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?.Innocence
N innocence, guiltlessness, incorruption, impeccability, clean hands, clear conscience, mens sibi conscia recti, innocent, lamb, dove, innocent, not guilty, unguilty, guiltless, faultless, sinless, stainless, bloodless, spotless, clear, immaculate, rectus in curia, unspotted, unblemished, unerring, undefiled, unhardened, Saturnian, Arcadian, inculpable, unculpable, unblamed, unblamable, blameless, unfallen, inerrable, above suspicion, irreproachable, irreprovable, irreprehensible, unexceptionable, unobjectionable, unimpeachable, salvable, venial, harmless, inoffensive, innoxious, innocuous, dove-like, lamb-like, pure, harmless as doves, innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn, more sinned against than sinning, virtuous, unreproved, unimpeached, unreproached, innocently, with clean hands, with a clear conscience, with a safe conscience, murus aeneus conscientia sana.For further exploring for "stainless" in Webster Dictionary Online