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synonyms for wipe the slate clean

  • acquit
  • exempt
  • exonerate
  • forgive
  • pardon
  • relieve
  • vindicate
  • bleach
  • clear
  • discharge
  • exculpate
  • excuse
  • free
  • launder
  • liberate
  • loose
  • release
  • sanitize
  • spare
  • spring
  • whitewash
  • blink at
  • go easy on
  • let off
  • let off easy
  • let off the hook
  • let up on
  • lifeboat
  • set free
  • wink at
  • wipe it off
  • write off
On this page you'll find 448 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wipe the slate clean, such as: acquit, exempt, exonerate, forgive, pardon, and relieve.

antonyms for wipe the slate clean

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  • accuse
  • blame
  • censure
  • charge
  • condemn
  • convict
  • damn
  • punish
  • sentence
  • hold
  • keep
  • limit
  • restrain
  • bind
  • impeach
  • incriminate
  • obligate
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      How to use wipe the slate clean in a sentence

      Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
      THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
      He shall give his mind to finish the glazing, and his watching to make clean the furnace.
      THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
      The tower has four clock faces, pinnacles at the angles, and a steep slate roof and is 120 feet high.
      SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELL
      You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
      MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
      Slate slabs were originally tried for sleepers on the Birmingham and London line.
      SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELL
      And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dross, and I will take away all thy tin.
      THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
      A groom is a chap, that a gentleman keeps to clean his 'osses, and be blown up, when things go wrong.
      THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUS
      The sun was palely shining upon dry, clean pavements and upon roads juicy with black mud.
      HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT
      Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
      THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUS
      I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
      RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
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