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Definition: Wash One's Hands |
Wash One's HandsVerb1. To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame; "I wash my hands of this". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dereliction of Duty | Verb: violate; break, break through; infringe; set aside, set at naught; encroach upon, trench upon; trample on, trample under foot; slight, neglect, evade, renounce, forswear, repudiate; wash one's hands of; escape, transgress, fail. |
Refusal | Be deaf to; dismiss, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon; set one's face against, discountenance, not hear of, have nothing to do with, wash one's hands of, stand aloof, forswear, set aside, cast behind one; not yield an inch; (obstinacy). |
Relinquishment | Rid oneself of, disburden oneself of, divest oneself of, dispossess oneself of; wash one's hands of. |
Renounce; (abjure); forego, have done with, drop; disuse; discard; wash one's hands of; drop all idea of. | |
Resignation | Verb: resign; give up, throw up; lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract; deny. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Wash One's Hands |
| English words defined with "wash one's hands": wash up. (references) |
Expressions using "wash one's hands": wash one's hands of ♦ wash one's hands of smb. ♦ wash one's hands of smth.. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "wash one's hands"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تخلى عن المسؤولية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pestä kätensä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | se laver les mains. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ליטול י"ים, ל"ת ער מכל אחריות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mossa kezeit (to wash one's hands of sg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 足'洗う (to quit, to wash one's feet, to wash one's hands of), 手'引く (to lead by the hand, to wash one's hands of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あし'あらう (to quit, to wash one's feet, to wash one's hands of), て'ひく (to lead by the hand, to wash one's hands of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ashway one'say andshay tirar o corpo for a (wash one's hands of), lavar as mãos (wash one's hands of). (various references) lavar los manos de (wash one's hands of). (various references) tvätta sig om händerna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-a-a-d-e-h-h-n-n-o-s-s-s-w" | |
-5 letters: hosannaed, hosannahs, sandshoes, snowsheds. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 61 73 68 4F 6E 65 27 73 48 61 6E 64 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01100001 01110011 01101000 00100000 01001111 01101110 01100101 00100111 01110011 00100000 01001000 01100001 01101110 01100100 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W a s h   O n e ' s   H a n d s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0061 0073 0068 004F 006E 0065 0027 0073 0048 0061 006E 0064 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)57678574249807198524267807085 |
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