Definitions for: Purity

[n] a woman's virtue or chastity
[n] the state of being free from sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
[n] being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: honor, honour, innocence, pureness, sinlessness

Antonyms: impureness, impurity

See Also: chastity, cleanness, condition, plainness, sexual morality, status, virtue

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