[hous-klee-ning] 
| 1. | the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, esp. the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely. |
| 2. | the act of improving or reforming by weeding out excess or corrupt personnel or of revising methods of operation. |
[hous-kleen] | 1. | to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning. |
| 2. | to engage in housecleaning. |
| house·clean·ing (hous'klē'nĭng) n.
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