clear+from+guilt

  • 21guilt — [OE] Guilt is a strictly English word; no other Germanic, or indeed Indo European language has it, and it is not clear where it came from. One theory is that, like guild and yield, it comes ultimately from Germanic *gelth ‘pay’, and originally… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22guilt — [OE] Guilt is a strictly English word; no other Germanic, or indeed Indo European language has it, and it is not clear where it came from. One theory is that, like guild and yield, it comes ultimately from Germanic *gelth ‘pay’, and originally… …

    Word origins

  • 23guilt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fact or sense of commission of wrong Nouns 1. guilt, guiltiness, culpability, chargeability, criminality, improbity, sinfulness (see badness). See accusation. 2. (act of doing wrong) misconduct,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 24in the clear — adverb (or adjective) 1. : in inside measurement corridors three feet in the clear 2. : free of resistance, obstruction, obligation, or anything that restricts or impedes action the airplane had just passed through a squall and was in the …

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  • 25Original Stories from Real Life — Title page from the first edition of Original Stories (1788) Original Stories from Real Life; with Conversations Calculated to Regulate the Affections, and Form the Mind to Truth and Goodness …

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  • 26in the clear — phrasal 1. in inside measurement 2. free from guilt or suspicion 3. in plaintext ; not in code or cipher < a message sent in the clear > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 27To clear a ship at the customhouse — Clear Clear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clearing}.] 1. To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds. [1913 Webster] He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To free from&#8230; …

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  • 28To clear a ship for action — Clear Clear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clearing}.] 1. To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds. [1913 Webster] He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To free from&#8230; …

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  • 29To clear for action — Clear Clear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clearing}.] 1. To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds. [1913 Webster] He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To free from&#8230; …

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  • 30To clear hawse — Clear Clear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clearing}.] 1. To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds. [1913 Webster] He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To free from&#8230; …

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