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Meaning of CLEANLINESS

Pronunciation:  'klenleenis

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  diligence in keeping clean
  2. [n]  the habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections
 
 Antonyms: uncleanliness, uncleanliness
 
 See Also: fastidiousness, habit, neatness, tidiness, trait, use, wont

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Clean"li*ness\, n. [From {Cleanly}.]
State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.

      Cleanliness from head to heel.           --Swift.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: asepsis, blamelessness, blotlessness, chastity, clean slate, cleanly habits, cleanness, clear conscience, daintiness, fastidiousness, faultlessness, freshness, guiltlessness, honor, hospital cleanliness, immaculacy, immaculateness, impeccability, innocence, innocency, innocentness, nothing to hide, offenselessness, prelapsarian state, pureness, purity, reproachlessness, sexual innocence, sinlessness, snowiness, spotlessness, stainlessness, sterility, taintlessness, tidiness, unblemishedness, unblottedness, uncorruptness, undefiledness, unguiltiness, unsoiledness, unspottedness, unstainedness, unsulliedness, untaintedness, virtue, virtuousness, whiteness
 

 

 

 

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