Clean-handed

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Innocent and candid; free from corruption. UK

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    free from evil or guilt wordnet

Synonyms

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blamelesscleanclean as a hound's toothclean as a whistlecleardovelike

Antonyms

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guilty

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"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."

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clean-handedlyclean-handedness

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