Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive, rare) To undo the effects of besmirching; to restore the reputation of..
And it is with sincere regret that I add, under obligations to truth, that the record fails to unbesmirch him.
In an attempt to unbesmirch the innocent, please permit me to inform everyone that the person whose implacability was the impetus that ignited the heated verbal conflagration between the Park Bowl and Pilsner Pin Guin teams was actually a member of the latter.
Just to unbesmirch my (well-sullied) reputation -- I wan^([sic]) not referring to early _American_ reformers, but to the original German reformers.
"He'll ruin your image." / "Right, he'll unbesmirch it. You know, if it weren't so clearly contrary to his own wishes, I'd kind of like to try the case. I think I could get him off."
I've come over all defensive! I must redeem myself and unbesmirch my honour!
I surely could speak to ... unbesmirch? . . . debesmirch? . . . reclaim my imperiled honor.
They're not *his* views, but those of that worthless psychotic janitor of a "father" of his. He's just trying to unbesmirch daddy's name.
Use unbesmirch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unbesmirch means (transitive, rare) To undo the effects of besmirching; to restore the reputation of..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And it is with sincere regret that I add, under obligations to truth, that the record fails to unbesmirch him.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.