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washing one's hands ofphrasepresent participle of wash one's hands of to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibilityAfter things got out of control, he tried to simply wash his hands of the whole debacle. denying, disavowing, disclaiming, disowning, repudiating contradicting, disallowing, gainsaying, negating, negativing, refusing, rejectingchallenging, confuting, criticizing, disproving, rebutting, refutingdisputing, questioningabdicating, abjuring, recanting, renouncing, retracting acknowledging, avowing, claiming, owning, recognizing accepting, adopting, embracing, espousingadmitting, conceding, confessing, grantingaffirming, announcing, asserting, averring, declaring, maintaining, professing, submittingauthenticating, confirming, corroborating, substantiating, validating, verifying |