Cleanness

Cleanness
Cleanness Clean"ness, n. [AS. cl?nnes. See {Clean}.] 1. The state or quality of being clean. [1913 Webster]

2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]


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