Definition for

purity


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.

noun – Synonyms and Immaculateness, guilelessness, honesty, integrity, virtue, modesty.

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