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What is "clean-handed" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does clean-handed mean in English? Meaning of clean-handed definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "clean-handed" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "clean-handed": free from evil or guilt

Adjective

  • Meaning: free from evil or guilt
  • Example: an innocent child the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
  • Synonyms: clean-handed guiltless innocent
  • Antonyms: guilty
  • Similar: absolved acquitted blameless clear cleared exculpated exonerated inculpable irreproachable not guilty unimpeachable vindicated
  • Also see: exculpatory righteous
  • Adjective: (chiefly UK) Innocent and candid; free from corruption. 2014, Anthony Trollope, The Prime Minister, ISBN 1609779894: And how there was clearly no escape, no escape compatible with that clean-handed truth from which it was not possible for him to swerve.2014, Anthony Trollope, The Prime Minister, ISBN 1609779894: And how there was clearly no escape, no escape compatible with that clean-handed truth from which it was not possible for him to swerve.

    • Synonyms:

    above suspicion, clean, clear, exemplary, faultless, good, guiltless, immaculate, impeccable, inculpable, innocent, irreproachable, perfect, pure, righteous, stainless, unblemished, unimpeachable, unsullied, untarnished, upright, virtuous, irreprehensible, crimeless, guilt-free, in the clear, not guilty, unoffending, unspotted,

    Antonyms:

    culpable, guilty, impeachable, responsible, reproachable,

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    clean-handed in English: clean-handed
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