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CLEANNESS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does cleanness mean?

• CLEANNESS (noun)
The noun CLEANNESS has 2 senses:

1. the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities
2. without moral defects

Familiarity information: CLEANNESS used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLEANNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cleanness" is a kind of...):

sanitary condition (the state of sanitation (clean or dirty))

Attribute:

clean (free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits)

dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cleanness"):

immaculateness; spotlessness (the state of being spotlessly clean)

Antonym:

dirtiness (the state of being unsanitary)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Without moral defects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cleanness" is a kind of...):

innocence; pureness; purity; sinlessness; whiteness (the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil)

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