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Impurity

Impurity Meaning & Definition
Impurity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Impurity?

[n] worthless material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water"
[n] the condition of being impure

Synonyms | Synonyms for Impurity: dross | impureness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Impurity: adulteration | amorality | backsliding | bad taste | barbarism | barbarousness | black sheep | blemish | bombasticness | cacology | cacophony | carnality | clumsiness | coarseness | contaminant | contamination | corruption | criminality | crudeness | cumbrousness | defectibility | defectiveness | deficiency | defilement | degeneration | delinquency | depravity | dinginess | dirt | dirtiness | dissoluteness | dysphemism | erroneousness | evil | evil nature | fallibility | faultiness | filth | filthiness | foreign body | foreign intruder | foulness | Gothicism | gracelessness | griminess | grossness | grubbiness | harshness | heaviness | ill-balanced sentences | immaturity | immorality | immundity | impairment | imperfection | impropriety | impurities | inaccuracy | inadequacy | inadequateness | incompleteness | inconcinnity | incorrectness | indecency | indecorousness | inelegance | inelegancy | inexactitude | inexactness | infelicity | intruder | lack | lack of finish | lack of polish | lasciviousness | leadenness | lecherousness | lewdness | libidinousness | licentiousness | looseness | lubricity | lust | lustfulness | maculacy | mediocrity | messiness | miriness | misfit | monkey wrench | moral delinquency | mote | muddiness | obscenity | oddball | patchiness | peccability | pollution | pompousness | ponderousness | poor diction | prodigality | promiscuity | promiscuousness | prurience | recidivism | roughness | rudeness | salaciousness | scruffiness | sesquipedalianism | sesquipedality | shortage | shortcoming | sinfulness | sketchiness | slipshod construction | sliver | slovenliness | smut | soiledness | speck | splinter | stiltedness | stone | sulliedness | taintedness | tastelessness | turgidity | unangelicalness | unchasteness | unchastity | uncleanliness | uncleanness | uncouthness | undevelopment | uneuphoniousness | unevenness | ungodliness | ungoodness | ungracefulness | unmorality | unperfectedness | unpureness | unrefinement | unrighteousness | unsaintliness | unseemliness | unsoundness | untidiness | unvirtuousness | unwieldiness | vice | viciousness | vileness | vulgarism | vulgarity | want | wantonness | waywardness | weed | wickedness | wrongdoing

See Also | admixture | adulteration | alloy | condition | contamination | debasement | dirtiness | pollution | putridity | status | taint | waste | waste material | waste matter | waste product

Impurity In Webster's Dictionary

\Im*pu"ri*ty\, n.; pl. Impurities . [L. impuritas: cf. F. impuret['e].] 1. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration. Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit. --Buckminster. 2. That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient. Foul impurities reigned among the monkish clergy. --Atterbury. 3. (Script.) Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.

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