clean-handedness

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English

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Etymology

clean-handed +‎ -ness

Noun

clean-handedness (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly UK) The quality of being clean-handed; honesty and freedom from wrong-doing.
    • 2005, Lillian C Harris, Egypt: Internal Challenges and Regional Stability, →ISBN, page 54:
      All in all, the Mubarak leadership has adopted a low-key, businesslike style, and, in addition to its reputation for honesty and clean-handedness, it has been quite careful and discreet in its approach to issues and problems.