Definition for
purity
noun – In biology, the state or condition, with respect to reproduction, of an organism that is developed from a fertilized egg formed by the union of two identical germ-cells.
noun – The condition or quality of being pure.
noun – Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt: as, the purity of a garment.
noun – Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence: as, purity of heart or life.
noun – Freedom from lust, or moral contamination by illicit sexual connection; chastity.
noun – Freedom from sinister or improper views; sincerity: as, purity of motives or designs.
noun – Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases: as, purity of style or language.
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