cleanness

English

Etymology

Old English clǣnnes, corresponding to clean +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkliːnnəs/

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
The state of being physically clean and free of contamination or dirt; cleanliness.

Translations

moral purity

Finnish: puhtaus (fi), viattomuus (fi)

state of being clean

Finnish: puhtaus (fi)
French: propreté (fr) f
Latvian: tīrība

Norwegian:
Bokmål: renhet (no) m or f, reinhet (no) m or f

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