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detersiveness

detersiveness noun: having a cleansing quality.

Noun

detersiveness (uncountable)

  1. Having a cleansing quality.

Origin of detersiveness

From detersive + -ness.

Questions about detersiveness

What does detersiveness mean?
Detersiveness means having a cleansing quality.
What part of speech is detersiveness?
Detersiveness is a noun.

Words near detersiveness in the dictionary

  1. Deterses
  2. detersion
  3. detersions
  4. detersive
  5. detersively
  6. detersiveness
  7. detersives
  8. Detert
  9. Deterts
  10. detest
  11. detestability

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