Definitions for: Impurity

[n] worthless material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water"
[n] the condition of being impure

Webster (1913) Definition: Im*pu"ri*ty, n.; pl. Impurities . [L. impuritas: cf.
F. impuret['e].]
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.

Synonyms: dross, impureness

Antonyms: pureness, purity

See Also: admixture, adulteration, alloy, condition, contamination, debasement, dirtiness, pollution, putridity, status, taint, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product

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