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purity

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pu·ri·ty  (pyr-t)
n.
1. The quality or condition of being pure.
2. A quantitative assessment of homogeneity or uniformity.
3. Freedom from sin or guilt; innocence; chastity: "Teach your children . . . the belief in purity of body, mind and soul" Emmeline Pankhurst.
4. The absence in speech or writing of slang or other elements deemed inappropriate to good style.
5. The degree to which a color is free from being mixed with other colors.

purity
Noun
the state or quality of being pure
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.purity - being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
plainness - the state of being unmixed with other material; "the plainness of vanilla ice cream"
impureness, impurity - the condition of being impure
2.purity - the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
cleanness - without moral defects
3.purity - a woman's virtue or chastity
sexual morality, chastity, virtue - morality with respect to sexual relations

purity
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Spanish purity [ˈpjuərɪtɪ] npureza
French purity [ˈpjuərɪtɪ] npureté f
German purity [ˈpjuərɪtɪ] pure nReinheit f
Italian purity [ˈpjuərɪtɪ] npurità

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Her face shimmered before his eyes as he walked along, - pale and serious, sweet and sensitive, smiling with pity and tenderness as only a spirit could smile, and pure as he had never dreamed purity could be.
AN Editor who was always vaunting the purity, enterprise, and fearlessness of his paper was pained to observe that he got no subscribers.
 
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