clear

Examples

• All

• So I think we're in the clear and this shade is Selenite.

• Two dozen Arabs moved into the clearing and toward the door of the hut.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Senzei sat alone in the center of a clearing and tried to quiet his mind.

  Fiction book (1991)

• A hatchling that reaches the edge of a clearing must then find a suitable territory.

  Academic text (1990)

• There's a clearing two clicks northeast of your position.

  Land of Bad (2024)

• After the investigation cleared his name, he felt free and clear of any suspicion.

• With all the charges dropped, she finally had her clear moment, free from blame.

Synonyms

I

in the clear

vsclear

• Informal

33 4.4

Not in danger, trouble, or under suspicion

is a standing state of being free from blame, suspicion, or guilt rather than a situational change

I

inculpability

vsclear

• Formal

9.9

A state of not being blamed for doing something wrong

is broader, including freedom from suspicion as well as lack of blame

B

blamelessness

vsclear

6.9

A state of not having done anything wrong

is used for a state free from blame, suspicion, or guilt

G

guiltlessness

vsclear

6.6

A state of not feeling that you have done something wrong

is broader, also covering freedom from suspicion and blame

Antonyms

G

guilt

187 2.7

Responsibility for a crime or other illegal action

S

suspicion

170 3.0

A feeling that someone may have done something wrong without proof

How Blameless

exonerated

• Formal

6.5

clear

79 7.2

suspected

3.7

accused

2 3.6

guilty

∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

Etymology