Definition of purity

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Purity (n.) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.

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Sanctity :: Sanctity (n.) The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.
Virtue :: Virtue (n.) Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity..
Immoral :: Immoral (a.) Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed..
Creosote :: Creosote (n.) Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood..
Vicious :: Vicious (a.) Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc..
Chasteness :: Chasteness (n.) Chastity; purity.
Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness..
Innocence :: Innocence (n.) The state or quality of being morally free from guilt or sin; purity of heart; blamelessness.
Assay :: Assay (n.) Tested purity or value.
Reformed :: Reformed (a.) Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches..
White :: White (superl.) Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure..
Basanite :: Basanite (n.) Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal..
Impeachment :: Impeachment (n.) A calling in question as to purity of motives, rectitude of conduct, credibility, etc.; accusation; reproach; as, an impeachment of motives..
Catharist :: Catharist (n.) One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than others about him; -- applied to persons of various sects. See Albigenses.
Touchstone :: Touchstone (n.) Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.
Repristination :: Repristination (n.) Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity.
Corruption :: Corruption (n.) The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery..
Beneficence :: Beneficence (n.) The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness..
Purist :: Purist (n.) One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language..
Virginity :: Virginity (n.) The quality or state of being a virgin; undefiled purity or chastity; maidenhood.
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