adj.
1.thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
2.clean and honest
3.freeing from error or corruption
4.made free from live bacteria or other microorganisms
5.(extended sense) of exceptionally clean language antiseptic n.
1.a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues
Idiom of the Day
beat the rap
to escape conviction and punishment (for a crime)
The man beat the rap and did not have to go to jail.