Thesaurus: purity

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1. n. The condition of being pure.
2. n. freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
3. n. Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.
4. n. Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
5. n. Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
6. n. Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.
7. n. being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
8. n. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
9. n. a woman's virtue or chastity
10. 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. PURKINJE'S CELLS Pur"kin*je's cells`. Etym: [From J. E. Purkinje, their discoverer.] (Anat.) Large ganglion cells forming a layer near the surface of the cerebellum.
11. The condition of being pure. Specifically:(a) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, thepurity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.(b) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. "The purity of a linenvesture." 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 wordsor phrases; as, purity of style.
12. n:100 n. being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material n. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil