cleanness
/'kli:nnis/
Definition
- Noun:
- The state or quality of being clean; the absence of dirt, impurities, or contamination. This refers to physical cleanliness.
- The quality of being morally pure, honest, or free from defect. This refers to abstract or moral purity.
Usage and Examples
- Physical Cleanliness:
- The cleanness of the hospital operating room is critical for patient safety.
- She was impressed by the cleanness of the hotel's kitchen.
- Moral or Abstract Purity:
- The cleanness of his intentions was never in doubt.
- The cleanness of the data record made the analysis much easier.
Advanced Usage
- "Cleanness of design": Refers to a simple, uncluttered, and efficient aesthetic or structure.
- Modern architecture often values cleanness of design over ornate decoration.
- "Cleanness of a record": Indicates a history without blemishes, errors, or violations.
- The athlete competed with a cleanness of record that was admirable.
Variants and Related Words
- Clean (adj, verb): The root word. As an adjective: free from dirt or impurities. As a verb: to make something clean.
- Cleanly (adv): In a clean manner.
- Cleaning (noun): The action or process of making something clean.
Synonyms
- Purity: The condition of being pure, free from anything that contaminates.
- Spotlessness: The state of being perfectly clean or free from stains.
- Immaculateness: The quality of being perfectly clean, neat, or tidy.
Antonyms
- Dirtiness: The state of being dirty or unclean.
- Impurity: The presence of a substance that should not be there, making something less pure.
- Contamination: The action or state of making something impure by exposure to a polluting substance.
Related Phrases and Concepts
- "A state of cleanness": A formal way to describe the condition of being clean.
- The laboratory must be maintained in a constant state of cleanness.
- "Cleanness and godliness": An allusion to the proverb "Cleanliness is next to godliness," linking physical cleanliness to moral virtue.
Noun
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without moral defects
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the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities
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