潔白|けっぱくkeppaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, na-adjectiveinnocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
   私は彼かれが潔白けっぱくだと断言だんげんした。↗

   I affirmed that he was innocent.

• Synonym清いきよいNeutralRefers to cleanness and clarity, also purity of heart; used mostly of water and the mind, while 「潔白」 stresses being innocent of wrongdoing.
• Synonym清らかきよらかWrittenDescribes clear, pure water or a pure heart; strongly literary, more written in tone than 「清い」.
• Synonym穢れのないけがれのないWrittenMeans unstained and flawlessly pure, with a religious or innocent tinge; a written, formal expression.
• Synonym純潔じゅんけつWrittenMeans purity or chastity, used mostly of relations between men and women; the focus is on chastity. Written/formal.
• Related純粋じゅんすいNeutralPure and free of mixed motives or ulterior thoughts; unlike 「潔白」, it says nothing about guilt or innocence.
• Related正しいただしいNeutralRight, correct, or proper in a broad sense; not specifically about being innocent or having done no wrong.
• Antonym有罪ゆうざいNeutralBeing found guilty of a crime; stands opposite 「潔白」, which means free of guilt and blameless in conduct.

Use 「潔白」 for having no wrongdoing, as in 「身の潔白を証明する」 or 「潔白を主張する」. For clean water or a pure heart say 「清い」; for pure-heartedness 「純粋」; the antonym is 「有罪」.

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1. 心こころや行おこないが綺麗きれいで正ただしい様子ようす。