Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CLEAN'NESS, n.

1. Freedom from dirt, filth, and foreign matter; neatness.
2. Freedom from infection or a foul disease.
3. Exactness; purity; justness; correctness; used of language or style; as, cleanness of expression. – Dryden.
4. Purity; innocence. In Scripture, cleanness of hands denotes innocence. Cleanness of teeth denotes want of provisions. – Amos iv. 6.