Unsully

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make clean (something formerly sullied). transitive

    "The footage of the interviews available at the Museum of Television and Radio includes the commercials, many of which have the strange subliminal effect of reminding us that we are watching a man try to unsully himself."

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"The footage of the interviews available at the Museum of Television and Radio includes the commercials, many of which have the strange subliminal effect of reminding us that we are watching a man try to unsully himself."

Etymology

From un- + sully.

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