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untainting

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ tainting.

Adjective

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untainting (not comparable)

  1. Not causing a taint or blemish.
    • 1867, Horace Mann, Thoughts:
      We need no expurgated edition of His works, for all His teachings are stainless and untainting, and like rays of light from the sun, they may fall upon corruption or permeate impurity, but cannot themselves be defiled.