purity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: purity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for purity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purity n being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material [syn: purity, pureness] Antonym(s): impureness, impurity the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil Synonym(s): purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness a woman's virtue or chastity Synonym(s): honor, honour, purity, pureness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purity \Pu"rity\, 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. [bd]The purity of a linen vesture.[b8] --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.