"clean-handed" meaning in English

See clean-handed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more clean-handed [comparative], most clean-handed [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} clean-handed (comparative more clean-handed, superlative most clean-handed)
  1. (chiefly UK) Innocent and candid; free from corruption. Tags: UK Synonyms: cleanhanded Derived forms: clean-handedly, clean-handedness Translations (candid): честен (česten) (Bulgarian)

Alternative forms

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