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  • 1make unclean — index disgrace, sully Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2Unclean hands — Clean hands redirects here. For other uses, see Clean hands (disambiguation). Contract law …

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  • 3unclean — uncleanness, n. /un kleen /, adj., uncleaner, uncleanest. 1. not clean; dirty. 2. morally impure; evil; vile: unclean thoughts. 3. Chiefly Biblical. having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to the laws, esp. the dietary… …

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  • 4unclean — un•clean [[t]ʌnˈklin[/t]] adj., er, est. 1) not clean; dirty 2) morally impure; vile 3) bib having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to Biblical laws • Etymology: bef. 900 un•clean′ness, n …

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  • 5defile — I. transitive verb (defiled; defiling) Etymology: Middle English, alteration (influenced by filen to defile, from Old English fȳlan) of defoilen to trample, defile, from Anglo French defoiller, defuler, to trample, from de + fuller, foller to… …

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  • 6soil — soil1 soilless, adj. /soyl/, n. 1. the portion of the earth s surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus. 2. a particular kind of earth: sandy soil. 3. the ground as producing vegetation or as cultivated for its crops: fertile soil. 4. a… …

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  • 7disgrace — I noun abasement, abjectness, abomination, attaint, bad character, bad name, bad report, bad reputation, bad repute, badge of infamy, baseness, blemish, blot, brand, cause of reproach, cause of shame, comedown, condition of infamy, contempt,… …

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  • 8pollute — v. a. 1. Defile, soil, taint, make foul, make unclean. 2. Corrupt, infect, contaminate, vitiate, deprave, debase, poison, impair, taint, pervert, tarnish, stain. 3. Desecrate, profane. 4. Violate, debauch, dishonor, ravish, abuse, defile,… …

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  • 9soil — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French soiller, suiller, from Old French soil wallow of a wild boar, abyss, from Latin solium chair, bathtub; akin to Latin sedēre to sit more at sit Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to stain or… …

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  • 10sully — I verb asperse, attaint, bedim, begrime, belittle, bemire, besmear, blacken, blemish, blot, blur, brand, contaminate, corrupt, daub, debase, decry, deface, defame, defile, degrade, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, depreciate, dirty, discredit,… …

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