hunaw

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Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare hinawnaw.

The idiomatic sense is from The Bible's account of Pontius Pilate washing his hands and refusing to condemn Jesus.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: hu‧naw

Verb

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hunaw

  1. to wash one's hands or another's
  2. (idiomatic) to wash one's hands of; to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:hunaw.