Thesaurus: impurity

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1. n. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.
2. n. That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient.
3. n. Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.
4. n. worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
5. n. the condition of being impure
6. 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.
7. n:100 n. worthless or dangerous material that should be removed n. the condition of being impure