Etymology

cleanness

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Today it means: Moral purity; innocence. Full definition →

Old English clǣnnes
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  1. Old English · inherited fromclǣnnes
  2. English todaycleanness

From Old English clǣnnes, corresponding to clean + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.