Purity1. (n.) The condition of being pure.
2. (n.) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
3. (n.) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.
4. (n.) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
5. (n.) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
6. (n.) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.
Thesaurus Entries
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