purity

[pu·ri·ty]

Something that exhibits purity hasn't been tainted by something morally or physically. Children, fresh snow, and solid gold are all known for their purity.

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The condition of being pure.

Noun
a woman''s virtue or chastity

Noun
the state of being free from sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil

Noun
being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material


n.
The condition of being pure.

n.
freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.

n.
Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.

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Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.

n.
Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.

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Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.


Purity

Pu"ri*ty , n. [OE. purete, purte, OF. purt'82, F. puret'82, 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.

The condition of being pure.

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Usage Examples

I needed to be in the bush. There I find solitude and beauty and purity and focus. That's where my heart lies.

My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled.

I've never had anyone define purity. You probably can't define purity. Purity is to live according to original design.

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.

Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it.

From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity.

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Other Usage Examples

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or ahead the need for thoughtful legal reasoning.

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.

Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose.

Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.

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