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cleanness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cleanness has 2 senses
- cleanness(n = noun.state) Array - the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities; Array is a kind of sanitary condition
- cleanness(n = noun.state) Array - without moral defects; Array is a kind of innocence, pureness, purity, sinlessness, whiteness
has particulars: immaculateness, spotlessness
Derived forms adjective clean1, adjective clean7, adjective clean4, adjective clean9
Antonym: dirtiness
Derived forms adjective clean13, adjective clean10
CIDE DICTIONARY
cleanness, n. [AS. clnnes. See Clean.].
- The state or quality of being clean. [1913 Webster]
- Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
cleanness
Cleanness
N cleanness, cleanliness, purity, cleaning, purification, defecation, purgation, lustration, detersion, abstersion, epuration, mundation, ablution, lavation, colature, disinfection, drainage, sewerage, lavatory, laundry, washhouse, washerwoman, laundress, dhobi, laundryman, washerman, scavenger, dustman, sweep, white wings brush, broom, besom, mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter, blotter, napkin, cloth, maukin, malkin, handkerchief, towel, sudary, doyley, doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab, cover, drugget, wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative, purifier, disinfectant, aperient, benzene, benzine benzol, benolin, bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent, laxative, clean, cleanly, pure, immaculate, spotless, stainless, taintless, trig, without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted, uninfected, sweet, sweet as a nut, neat, spruce, tidy, trim, gimp, clean as a new penny, like a cat in pattens, cleaned, kempt, abstergent, cathartic, cleansing, purifying, neatly, clean as a whistle.
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