clearing | Definition of clearing

Synonyms and Antonyms of clearing

1 a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing

the clearing of his good name became his obsession

Synonyms of clearing

acquittal, exculpation, exoneration, vindication

Words Related to clearing

absolution, condonation, forgiveness, pardon, remission

atonement, expiation

Near Antonyms of clearing

accusation, arraignment, impeachment, incrimination, indictment

castigation, censure, condemnation, denunciation

Antonyms of clearing

2 a small area of usually open land

deer browsing in a clearing in the woods

Synonyms of clearing

field, ground, lot, parcel, plat, plot, tract

Words Related to clearing

common(s), croft [chiefly British]

grass, green, greensward, lawn

glade, grassland, heath, heathland, lea (or ley), meadow, moor, pasture, pastureland