housecleaning in English

noun
1
the cleaning of the interior of a dwelling.
One thing's for certain about modern-day housecleaning - everybody's got a different definition of clean.
2
the removal of unwanted or superfluous items, practices, conditions, or personnel.
the new owner's housecleaning cost a lot of people their jobs

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1. 5 A blase attitude about housecleaning.