noun
- A substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues.
adjective
- Thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms.
- usage: "doctors in antiseptic green coats"; "the antiseptic effect of alcohol"; "it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities"
- Clean and honest.
- usage: "antiseptic financial practices"
- Freeing from error or corruption.
- usage: "the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism"
- Devoid of objectionable language.
- usage: "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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