Entire vs Blameless - What's the difference?
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(sometimes, postpositive) Whole; complete.
(botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
(botany) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
(complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable]] on all of [[?.
(of a, male animal) Not gelded.
Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* Clarendon
Internal; interior.
An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
* 2005', He asked why Hijaz was an '''entire . You know what an entire is, do you not, Anna? A stallion which has not been castrated. — James Meek, ''The People's Act of Love (Canongate 2006, p. 124)
(philately) A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.
Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless.
Not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof.
Entire is a related term of blameless.
As adjectives the difference between entire and blameless
is that entire is (sometimes|postpositive) whole; complete while blameless is free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless.As a noun entire
is an uncastrated horse; a stallion.entire
English
(wikipedia entire)Alternative forms
* intire (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- pure fear and entire cowardice
- No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
- (Spenser)