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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material;
[syn: purity, pureness]

2. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil;
[syn: purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness]

3. a woman's virtue or chastity;
[syn: honor, honour, purity, pureness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Purity \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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

purity n 1: being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material [syn: purity, pureness] [ant: impureness, impurity] 2: the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil [syn: purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness] 3: a woman's virtue or chastity [syn: honor, honour, purity, pureness]