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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 \Impu"rity\, 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.

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

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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