linisin ang pangalan

Tagalog

Etymology

Literally, “[one's] name be cleaned”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˌnisin ʔaŋ paˈŋalan/, [lɪˌni.sɪn ʔɐm pɐˈŋa.lɐn]
  • Hyphenation: li‧ni‧sin ang pa‧nga‧lan

Verb

linisin ang pangalan (complete nilinis ang pangalan, progressive nililinis ang pangalan, contemplative lilinisin ang pangalan, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜉᜅᜎᜈ᜔)

  1. (idiomatic) to clear someone's name; to clear of accusation, suspicion or criticism
    • 2003, Frank G. Rivera, Mars Ravelo, Frank G. Rivera's darna, etc: screenplays based on characters created by Mars Ravelo, →ISBN:
      Sisenyasan ni DARNA sina GEORGE at BUSTER para hindi umalma. Poposasan siya ng mga PULIS. DARNA : Kaya kong linisin ang pangalan ko. Umuwi na muna kayo, Ding. Ako'ng bahala rito. GEORGE : Kukuha kami ng pampiyansa mo.
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