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clean-living

[ kleen-liv-ing ]
/ ˈklinˈlɪv ɪŋ /
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adjective

conducting one's life so as to be beyond moral reproach.

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Origin of clean-living

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby clean-living

cleaning, cleaning woman, clean-limbed, cleanliness, Cleanliness is next to godliness, clean-living, cleanly, cleanness, cleanout, clean room, cleanse
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Words related to clean-living

noble, wholesome, honest, honorable, principled, righteous, blameless, celibate, chaste, effective, effectual, efficient, excellent, exemplary, faithful, guiltless, incorruptible, inculpable, kosher, moral

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