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Noun: purity  pyûr-u-tee
  1. Being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
    - pureness
     
  2. The state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
    - pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness
     
  3. A woman's virtue or chastity
    - honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], pureness

Derived forms: purities

See also: impure, pure

Type of: chastity, condition, sexual morality, status, virtue

Encyclopedia: Purity

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