N. cleanness, cleanliness, purity, cleaning, purification, defecation, purgation, lustration, detersion, abstersion, epuration, mundation|, ablution, lavation, colature|, disinfection, drainage, sewerage, lavatory, laundry, washhouse, washerwoman, laundress, dhobi, laundryman, washerman, scavenger, dustman, sweep, white wings brush, broom, besom, mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter, blotter, napkin, cloth, maukin|, malkin|, handkerchief, towel, sudary, doyley, doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab, cover, drugget, wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative, purifier, disinfectant, aperient, benzene, benzine benzol, benolin, bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent, laxative

V. be clean, render clean &c

Adj. clean, clean, cleanly, cleanse, pure, mundify|, immaculate, rinse, spotless, wring, stainless, flush, taintless, full, trig, wipe, without a stain, mop, unstained, sponge, unspotted, scour, unsoiled, swab, unsullied, scrub, untainted, brush up, uninfected, wash, sweet, lave, sweet as a nut, launder, neat, buck, spruce, absterge|, tidy, deterge, trim, decrassify, gimp, clear, clean as a new penny, purify, like a cat in pattens, depurate, cleaned, despumate, kempt, defecate, abstergent, purge, cathartic, expurgate, cleansing, elutriate, purifying, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack, filter, filtrate, drain, strain, disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize, whitewash, castrate, emasculate, sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep, rout out, clear out, sweep out &c, make a clean sweep of

Adv. neatly, clean as a whistle

N. probity, integrity, rectitude, uprightness, honesty, faith, honor, bonne foi, good faith, bona fides, purity, clean hands, fairness, fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness, grace, constancy, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, incorruption, incorruptibility, trustworthiness, truth, candor, singleness of heart, veracity, tender conscience, punctilio, delicacy, nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, scruple, point, point of honor, punctuality, dignity &c, (repute) 873, respectability, respectableness, gentilhomme, gentleman, man of honor, man of his word, fidus achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo, truepenny, trump, brick, true briton, white man *, court of honor, a fair field and no favor, argumentum ad verecundiam

V. be honorable, deal honorably, deal squarely, deal impartially, deal fairly, speak the truth, draw a straight furrow, tell the truth and shame the devil, vitam impendere vero, show a proper spirit, make a point of, do one's duty, redeem one's pledge, keep one's promise, be as good as one's promise, be as good as one's word, keep faith with, not fail, give and take, audire alteram partem, give the devil his due, put the saddle on the right horse, redound to one's honor

Adj. upright, honest, honest as daylight, veracious, virtuous, honorable, fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square, fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard, white *, constant, constant as the northern star, faithful, loyal, staunch, true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole, "marble-constant", true-hearted, trusty, trustworthy, as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible, straightforward, frank, candid, open-hearted, conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded, high-principled, high-minded, scrupulous, religious, strict, nice, punctilious, correct, punctual, respectable, reputable, gentlemanlike, inviolable, inviolate, unviolated, unbroken, unbetrayed, unbought, unbribed, innocent, pure, stainless, unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, undepraved, undebauched, integer vitae scelerisque purus, justus et tenax propositi, chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche, high- spirited, supramundane, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous

Adv. honorable, bona fide, on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae, with clean hands

Phr. "a face untaught to feign", bene qui latuit bene vixit, mens sibi conscia recti, probitas laudatur et alget, fidelis ad urnam, "his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth", loyaute m'oblige, loyaute n'a honte, "what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?"

N. purity, decency, decorum, delicacy, continence, # chastity, honesty, virtue, modesty, shame, pudicity, pucelage, virginity, vestal, virgin, joseph, hippolytus, lucretia, diana, prude

Adj. pure, undefiled, modest, delicate, decent, decorous, virginibus puerisque, simon-pure, chaste, continent, virtuous, honest, platonic, virgin, unsullied, cherry

Phr. "as chaste as unsunn'd snow", "a soul as white as heaven", "'tis chastity, my brother, chastity", "to the pure all things are pure"