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What is "clean-handed"

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clean-handed

a. (context chiefly UK English) innocent and candid; free from corruption.

WordNet
clean-handed

adj. free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty" [syn: innocent, guiltless] [ant: guilty]

Usage examples of "clean-handed".

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.