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Webster 1913 Edition
Cleanness
1.
The state or quality of being clean.
2.
Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Cleanness
CLEANNESS
, n.1.
Freedom from dirt, filth, and foreign matter; neatness.2.
Freedom from infection or a foul disease.3.
Exactness; purity; justness; correctness; used of language or style; as, cleanness of expression.4.
Purity; innocence.In scripture, cleanness of hands denotes innocence. Cleanness of teeth denotes want of provisions. Amos 4:6.
Definition 2024
cleanness
cleanness
English
Noun
cleanness (usually uncountable, plural cleannesses)
- Moral purity; innocence.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter vj, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:
- Certes sayd the good man that is sothe / for he shalle be the best knyghte of the world and the fairest of alle the felauship / But wete yow wel there shall none atteyne it but by clennes that is pure confession
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter vj, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:
- The state of being physically clean and free of contamination or dirt; cleanliness.
Translations
moral purity
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