via sciencedaily.com
This article is titled, "You Can Wash Away Your Troubles, With Soap". What makes it so interesting is that it is based on a psychological presumption that washing your hands can also have the psychological effect of washing away guilt.
So when you hear the saying "I have washed my hands of it", the person is using a psychological tool to try to dissuade feelings of guilt or remorse.
I was surprised to find such an article in Science Daily, because they are usually about scientific rather than psychological subjects. Where science can be based more solidly in fact, psychologically-based theories have more room for individual interpretation.
Very interesting article. Well worth the time to read it.
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