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purity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Purity \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: purity n 1: being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material [syn: {pureness}] [ant: {impurity}] 2: the state of being free from sin or moral wrong lacking a knowledge of evil [syn: {sinlessness}, {innocence}] 3: a woman's virtue or chastity [syn: {honor}, {honour}]
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