The quality of being honest and ethical; freedom from dishonesty, guilt, or moral wrongdoing.
From 'cleanhanded' + the abstract noun suffix '-ness.' The formation of this noun allows the metaphorical concept to be discussed as an abstract virtue.
Renaissance writers loved this term because it captured something courts desperately needed—'cleanhandedness' became a court virtue they looked for in advisors and ambassadors.
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