housecleaning

Noun
  1. (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions (synset 100581602)
    "more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms"; "many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners"
    domain usage: figure, figure of speech, image, trope - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
    is a type of: reform - a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
  2. The act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house (synset 100581407)
    "efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time"
    is a type of: cleaning, cleansing, cleanup - the act of making something clean

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