Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CLEAR'NESS, n.

1. Freedom from foul or extraneous matter; purity; as, the clearness of water, or other liquor.
2. Freedom from obstruction or incumbrance; as, the clearness of the ground.
3. Freedom from fogs or clouds; openness; as, the clearness of the sky. It generally expresses less than brightness or splendor. – Ex. xxiv.
4. Distinctness; perspicuity; luminousness; as, the clearness of reason, of views, of arguments, of explanations.
5. Plainness, or plain dealing; sincerity; honesty; fairness; candor. – Bacon.
6. Freedom from imputation of ill. – Shak.
7. Freedom from spots, or any thing that disfigures; as, the clearness of the skin.