undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant
潔 centers on moral and physical purity: being clean, undefiled, and righteous. The gallant sense extends this to honorable, upright conduct.
潔 combines 氵 (water) with 絜, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of purity or cleanliness. The water radical reinforces the sense of washing clean.
Water 氵 beside 絜, a shape associated with purity: imagine washing something until it is spotless and righteous.
For ケツ, picture a clean, pure kettle: kettle -> ケツ, and the water 氵 keeps it undefiled.
clean; hygienic; sanitary
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; honourable (e.g. death); noble; gallant; brave; manly; sportsmanlike
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
purity; chastity
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; filthy
pride; disdain
mysophobia; germophobia
of noble character; of virtuous character
honest; incorruptible; integrity
spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness
upright and clean-handed; pure in heart and with a clean conscience
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness; clean impression
find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)
find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)
religious abstinence; purification
obsession with cleanliness; fastidiousness
fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.
clear and concise