Definition of purity Purity

/pjʊˈɹʌti/ - [pyurutee] - pu•ri•ty

We found 13 definitions of purity from 6 different sources.

What does purity mean?

Noun Plural: purities
purity - the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
		pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness
		status, condition the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
purity - being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
		pureness
		impureness, impurity the condition of being impure
		pure in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
		impure (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts"
		status, condition the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
purity - a woman's virtue or chastity
		honor, honour, pureness
		sexual morality, chastity, virtue abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

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purity (n.)
The condition of being pure.
purity (n.)
freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
purity (n.)
Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.
purity (n.)
Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
purity (n.)
Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
purity (n.)
Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.

purity
pūr′i-ti, n. condition of being pure: freedom from mixture of any kind: freedom from sin or defilement: chastity: sincerity: freedom from foreign or improper idioms or words