as in acquitted
free from guilt or blame
none of us is exactly cleanhanded in this affair
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Adjective
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As with all investigations leading to arrest, the subjects of the investigation are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025 -
The new dating term 'Shrekking' sounds innocent.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In her view, Kimmel is blameless.—
Dan Doperalski,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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And Jeremiah himself isn’t blameless.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Tod’s captured the modern Italian mood with bold stripes, impeccable leather and a lifestyle sensibility that felt elevated yet effortless.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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So the production is impeccable, getting the period details right and exact, down to the last slap-bass throb, while also sounding fresh and up to date.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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European supporters were not faultless.—
Kevin Coulson,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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The film’s docufiction-like honesty is the most conspicuous here: to imagine that the Mother Teresa whom the world knows mostly as a faultless octogenarian might have as a younger woman had similar intense moments of extreme conflicting emotions is humanizing, and lovely.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Cleanhanded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleanhanded. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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