cleanhanded

adjective

clean·hand·ed ˈklēn-ˈhan-dəd

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: innocent of wrongdoing

Examples of cleanhanded in a Sentence

none of us is exactly cleanhanded in this affair

Word History

First Known Use

1728, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cleanhanded was in 1728

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