clearing

clearing

noun

Definition of CLEARING

1

a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing <the clearing of his good name became his obsession>

Synonyms clearing, exculpation, exoneration, vindication

Related Words absolution, condonation, forgiveness, pardon, remission; atonement, expiation; compurgation; whitewash

Near Antonyms accusation, arraignment, impeachment, incrimination, indictment; prosecution; castigation, censure, condemnation, denunciation

Antonyms conviction

2

a small area of usually open land <deer browsing in a clearing in the woods>

Synonyms clearing, ground, lot, parcel, plat, plot, tract

Related Words common(s), croft [chiefly British]; grass, green, greensward, lawn; glade, grassland, heath, heathland, lea (or ley), meadow, moor, pasture, pastureland