About The Word Purity
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Purity
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What's The Definition Of Purity?
[n] a woman's virtue or chastity
[n] the state of being free from sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil [n] being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material Synonyms | Synonyms for Purity: honor | honour | innocence | pureness | sinlessness Related Terms | Find terms related to Purity: See Also | chastity | cleanness | condition | plainness | sexual morality | status | virtue Purity In Webster's Dictionary \Pu"ri*ty\, n. [OE. purete, purte, OF. purt['e], F.
puret['e], from L. puritas, fr. purus pure. See {Pure}.]
The condition of being pure. Specifically:
(a) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as,
the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
(b) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. ``The purity of
a linen vesture.'' --Holyday.
(c) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence;
chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
(d) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
(e) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or
improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.
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