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adj. - Free from stain or blemish.

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Usage examples (31)
  • They have to support the honour of an ancient family, and to hand down the name untarnished to their posterity.
  • I like to think that you have come out of all your troubles quite unscathed, young, your name untarnished, your hands clean.
  • I have tried my best during my years of public service to keep that name untarnished and respected, unmarked by sorry compromises for expediency.
  • 22, 1512, he left behind a name untarnished, a reputation for probity unsullied.
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