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*above suspicion

[for one] to be honest enough that no one would suspect one; in a position where one could not be suspected. (This is a translation of words attributed to Julius Caesar, who divorced his wife, Pompeia, on the grounds of her possible involvement in a public scandal; Caesar stated, "Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.") (*Typically: be ~; keep oneself ~; remain ~.) The general is a fine old man, completely above suspicion.

See also: above, suspicion

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"They were strictly fresh and above suspicion," said Billina. Ozma of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context Alexey Alexandrovitch sternly cut her short, roundly declaring his wife to be above suspicion, and from that time began to avoid Countess Lidia Ivanovna. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context By the oaths of citizens whose simple word is above suspicion, we have fastened this awful crime, beyond all possibility of question, upon the unhappy prisoner at the bar. Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context			able to do able to do blindfolded able to do with eyes closed able to fog a mirror able to make an event able to take a joke able to take just so much aboard abound abound in abound with about about business about ears about person about time About time too! about-face above above all above and beyond above average above bend above par above reproach above suspicion above the fray above the law aboveboard abreast abreast of abscond with absence Absence makes the heart grow fonder absent absent oneself from absent without leave absent-minded professor Absolute power corrupts absolutely absolutely Absolutely not! absolve from absorb absorb in absorb oneself in absorb with abstain abstain from abstain from voting abstract from abut			Above Knee Amputation Above Mean Axis Above mean sea level Above Mean Terrain above meanness Above Mentioned Above Named Officer Above or Equal Above Ordnance Datum Above par Above par Above par Above par Above par Above par above pettiness Above Poverty Level Above Poverty Line Above Poverty Line Above Poverty Line Above Poverty Line Above Prime Rate Above Rail Level Above Real-Time Training above reproach above reproach above reproach Above sea level Above Seat Steering Above Suspended Ceiling above suspicion Above the Clouds Above the Falls Citizens Advisory Committee Above the fold above the fray Above the Horizon Above the Influence Above the Law Above the Law Above the line Above the line Above the line Above the line Above the line Above the Line Cost Above the Line Costs Above the Market Above the Notch Humane Society Above the Oxbow Above the Rest Above the Rim Above the salt Above the Sea Level Above the Stockage Objective Requirement Above the Water Above This World Above Threshold Reporting Above Top of Rail Above Top Secret Ignorance Research Center Above Top Secret News Network

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