Clear and Guilty

Clear

Clear adjective - Free from guilt or blame.
Usage example: slept with a clear conscience

Guilty is an antonym for clear in topics: open, cloudless, transparent, understandable, not guilty.

Nearby Words: clean, cleared, clearly, clearing, clearness

Guilty

Guilty adjective - Responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act.
Usage example: guilty of murder

Clear is an antonym for guilty.

Nearby Words: guilt, guiltless, guiltiness, guiltily

Both words in one sentence

  • Subverted in Stage Fright, where it turns out the man whose name the heroine has been trying to clear really WAS guilty.
    Source: Clear My Name
  • The protagonist tries to convince the detective at the scene that he is not guilty by questioning other suspects to gather more information and clear his name.
    Source: Clear My Name
  • Green Lantern manages to clear Flash's name quite easily, though, simply by pointing out that if Flash was guilty, there would be no way the police could hold him.
    Source: Clear My Name
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