"clean-handedness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: clean-handed + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|clean-handed|ness}} clean-handed + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} clean-handedness (uncountable)
  1. (chiefly UK) The quality of being clean-handed; honesty and freedom from wrong-doing. Tags: UK, uncountable Synonyms: cleanhandedness
    Sense id: en-clean-handedness-en-noun-Bhda72cK Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

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