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antiseptic

adjective
  1. devoid of objectionable language
    “lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School”
  2. clean and honest
    “antiseptic financial practices”
  3. thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
    “doctors in antiseptic green coats”
  4. freeing from error or corruption
    “the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism”
noun
  1. a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues