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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STAINLESS, a.
1. Free from stains or spots.
2. Free from the reproach of guilt; free from sin.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of reputation) free from blemishes; "his unsullied name"; "an untarnished reputation" [syn: stainless, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished] n
1: steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion [syn: stainless steel, stainless, chromium steel]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: circa 1586 1. free from stain or stigma <the stainless purity of his boyish life — Oscar Wilde> 2. a. highly resistant to stain or corrosion b. made from materials resistant to stain <stainless silverware> • stainlessly adverb II. noun Date: 1953 tableware made of stainless steel

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (esp. of a reputation) without stains. 2 not liable to stain. Phrases and idioms: stainless steel chrome steel not liable to rust or tarnish under ordinary conditions.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stainless Stain"less, a. Free from stain; immaculate. --Shak. The veery care he took to keep his name Stainless, with some was evidence of shame. --Crabbe. Syn: Blameless; spotless; faultless. See Blameless.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Spotless, untarnished, unspotted. 2. Unsullied, faultless, innocent, uncorrupted, guiltless, pure, blameless, spotless.

Moby Thesaurus

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, yeomanly