Antiseptic - Definition

antiseptic

adj 1: thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-
causing organisms; "doctors in antiseptic green coats";
"the antiseptic effect of alcohol"; "it is said that
marjoram has antiseptic qualities" [ant: infected,
septic]
2: clean and honest; "antiseptic financial practices"
3: freeing from error or corruption; "the antiseptic effect of
sturdy criticism"
4: devoid of objectionable language; "lyrics as antiseptic as
Sunday School"
n 1: a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry
disease without harming body tissues

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