Thesaurus / wipe the slate clean
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synonyms for wipe the slate clean
- accept apology
- bear no malice
- end a quarrel
- forget
- forgive
- hold out an olive branch
- kiss and make up
- let bygones be bygones
- make a peace offering
- make peace
- smoke the peace pipe
- abolish
- abort
- annul
- break off
- cut
- destroy
- eliminate
- kill
- remove
- repeal
- rescind
- revoke
- wipe out
- abrogate
- ax
- break
- countermand
- deface
- delete
- efface
- eradicate
- expunge
- obliterate
- off
- omit
- quash
- repudiate
- scrub
- sink
- smash
- squash
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- trim
- undo
- zap
- black out
- blot out
- cross out
- do away with
- do in
- finish off
- go back on one's word
- render invalid
- rub out
- scratch out
- stamp across
- strike out
- wash out
- X out
- absolve
- acquit
- amnesty
- clear
- condone
- discharge
- dismiss
- excuse
- exonerate
- explain
- free
- justify
- pardon
- rationalize
- release
- remit
- vindicate
- disculpate
- let off
- absolve
- acquit
- discharge
- dismiss
- exempt
- justify
- pardon
- vindicate
- disburden
- except
- exculpate
- free
- liberate
- release
- relieve
- sanitize
- whitewash
- let off
- let off hook
- absolve
- condone
- excuse
- forget
- acquit
- amnesty
- clear
- commute
- efface
- exculpate
- exempt
- exonerate
- extenuate
- overlook
- palliate
- purge
- release
- relent
- remit
- reprieve
- respite
- spring
- accept apology
- allow for
- bear no malice
- bear with
- bury the hatchet
- dismiss from mind
- kiss and make up
- laugh off
- let bygones be bygones
- let it go
- let off
- let off easy
- let pass
- let up on
- make allowance
- think no more of
- turn other cheek
- wink at
- disregard
- ignore
- condone
- excuse
- forgive
- handle
- stomach
- take
- whitewash
- bear with
- blink at
- go along with
- grin and bear it
- let bygones be bygones
- let go
- let pass
- live with
- look the other way
- pay no mind
- play past
- put up with
- roll with punches
- stand for
- swim with the tide
- tune out
- turn blind eye to
- wink at
- absolve
- acquit
- discharge
- excuse
- exonerate
- tolerate
- accept
- amnesty
- clear
- condone
- exculpate
- free
- justify
- liberate
- lifeboat
- overlook
- release
- remit
- reprieve
- rescue
- spring
- blink at
- bury the hatchet
- give absolution
- grant amnesty
- let off
- let off easy
- suspend charges
- wink at
- write off
- clear
- deliver
- discharge
- drop
- free
- issue
- leak
- surrender
- absolve
- acquit
- commute
- disengage
- dispense
- emancipate
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exonerate
- extricate
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- manumit
- spring
- unbind
- unchain
- undo
- unfasten
- unleash
- unloose
- untie
- vent
- yield
- bail out
- cast loose
- give off
- give out
- go easy on
- let off
- let off steam
- let up on
- open up
- set at large
- set free
- set loose
- take out
- turn loose
- turn out
- unfetter
- unshackle
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antonyms for wipe the slate clean
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- approve
- begin
- build
- continue
- create
- enact
- give birth
- keep
- ratify
- restore
- sanction
- start
- validate
- add
- aid
- allow
- assist
- bear
- construct
- establish
- fasten
- fix
- help
- institute
- lose
- mend
- permit
- strengthen
- support
- arrange
- imbalance
- tip
- uphold
- accuse
- blame
- censure
- charge
- condemn
- convict
- damn
- employ
- engage
- hire
- hold
- incarcerate
- incriminate
- keep
- maintain
- punish
- sentence
- blame
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- convict
- damn
- employ
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- burden
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- note
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- refuse
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- attend
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- follow
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- blame
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- retain
- suppress
- bind
- blame
- charge
- condemn
- convict
- fasten
- incarcerate
- incriminate
- prevent
- sentence
- collect
- gather
- maintain
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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 WILLSHe shall give his mind to finish the glazing, and his watching to make clean the furnace.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSThe 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 SHOWELLYou never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYSlate slabs were originally tried for sleepers on the Birmingham and London line.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELLAnd 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 VERSIONVARIOUSA 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;VARIOUSThe sun was palely shining upon dry, clean pavements and upon roads juicy with black mud.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTMr. 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;VARIOUSI drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRWORDS RELATED TO WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN
- acquit
- bleach
- blink at
- clear
- discharge
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exonerate
- forgive
- free
- go easy on
- launder
- let off
- let off easy
- let off the hook
- let up on
- liberate
- lifeboat
- loose
- pardon
- release
- relieve
- sanitize
- set free
- spare
- spring
- vindicate
- whitewash
- wink at
- wipe it off
- wipe the slate clean
- write off
- X out
- abolish
- abort
- abrogate
- annul
- ax
- black out
- blot out
- break
- break off
- countermand
- cross out
- cut
- deface
- delete
- destroy
- do away with
- do in
- efface
- eliminate
- eradicate
- expunge
- finish off
- go back on one's word
- kill
- obliterate
- off
- omit
- quash
- remove
- render invalid
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- revoke
- rub out
- scratch out
- scrub
- sink
- smash
- squash
- stamp across
- strike out
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- trim
- undo
- wash out
- wipe out
- wipe the slate clean
- zap
- absolve
- accept apology
- acquit
- allow for
- amnesty
- bear no malice
- bear with
- bury the hatchet
- clear
- commute
- condone
- dismiss from mind
- efface
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exonerate
- extenuate
- forget
- kiss and make up
- laugh off
- let bygones be bygones
- let it go
- let off
- let off easy
- let pass
- let up on
- make allowance
- overlook
- palliate
- purge
- release
- relent
- remit
- reprieve
- respite
- spring
- think no more of
- turn other cheek
- wink at
- wipe the slate clean
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.