clean hands

English

Noun

clean hands pl (plural only)

(figurative, idiomatic, law) Freedom from guilt, especially from the guilt of dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe-taking.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 17:9:
  He that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

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