Adjective
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"2. clean and honest;
"antiseptic financial practices"3. freeing from error or corruption;
"the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism"4. made free from live bacteria or other microorganisms;
"sterilized instruments"5. (extended sense) of exceptionally clean language;
"lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School"