'Purity' definitions:
Definition of 'purity'
From: WordNet
noun
Being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material [syn: purity, pureness] [ant: impureness, impurity]
noun
The state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil [syn: purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness]
noun
Definition of 'Purity'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'purity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absoluteness,
- angelicalness,
- appropriateness,
- asepsis,
- assured probity,
- Attic simplicity,
- Atticism,
- beauty of holiness,
- blamelessness,
- blotlessness,
- brightness,
- character,
- chasteness,
- chastity,
- Christianity,
- Christlikeness,
- Christliness,
- chroma,
- chromatic color,
- chromaticity,
- clarity,
- classical purity,
- classicalism,
- classicism,
- clean slate,
- cleanliness,
- cleanly habits,
- cleanness,
- clear conscience,
- clearness,
- color quality,
- colorimetric quality,
- combination,
- comeliness,
- commonness,
- commonplaceness,
- cool color,
- correctness,
- daintiness,
- decency,
- decorousness,
- defectlessness,
- dignity,
- directness,
- discrimination,
- distinction,
- ease,
- elegance,
- elegancy,
- elementarity,
- erectness,
- estimableness,
- fairness,
- fastidiousness,
- faultlessness,
- fear of God,
- felicitousness,
- felicity,
- finish,
- fittingness,
- flawlessness,
- flow,
- flowing periods,
- fluency,
- freshness,
- fundamentality,
- fusion,
- godlikeness,
- godliness,
- godly-mindedness,
- good character,
- good taste,
- goodness,
- grace,
- gracefulness,
- gracility,
- guilelessness,
- guiltlessness,
- harmlessness,
- healthfulness,
- heavenliness,
- heavenly-mindedness,
- high ideals,
- high principles,
- high-mindedness,
- holiness,
- holy-mindedness,
- homeliness,
- homogeneity,
- honesty,
- honor,
- honorableness,
- hospital cleanliness,
- hue,
- identity,
- immaculacy,
- immaculateness,
- impeccability,
- individuality,
- indivisibility,
- infallibility,
- innocence,
- innocency,
- innocentness,
- innocuousness,
- intactness,
- integrality,
- integration,
- integrity,
- inviolability,
- irreducibility,
- irreproachability,
- irreproachableness,
- justice,
- justness,
- lightness,
- limpidity,
- lucidity,
- matter-of-factness,
- modesty,
- monism,
- moral excellence,
- moral strength,
- morality,
- Munsell chroma,
- naturalness,
- neatness,
- neutral color,
- nobility,
- nothing to hide,
- odor of sanctity,
- offenselessness,
- oneness,
- ordinariness,
- organic unity,
- otherworldliness,
- particularity,
- pellucidity,
- perfection,
- perspicuity,
- plainness,
- polish,
- prelapsarian state,
- principles,
- probity,
- properness,
- propriety,
- prosaicness,
- prosiness,
- pureness,
- pureness of heart,
- rectitude,
- refinement,
- reproachlessness,
- reputability,
- respectability,
- restraint,
- righteousness,
- sainthood,
- saintlikeness,
- saintliness,
- saintship,
- salubrity,
- sanctitude,
- sanctity,
- saturation,
- seemliness,
- selfsameness,
- seraphicalness,
- severity,
- sexual innocence,
- simpleness,
- simplicity,
- singleness,
- singularity,
- sinlessness,
- smoothness,
- snowiness,
- solidarity,
- solidification,
- solidity,
- spiritual-mindedness,
- spirituality,
- spotlessness,
- stainlessness,
- starkness,
- sterility,
- straightforwardness,
- taintlessness,
- taste,
- tastefulness,
- terseness,
- tidiness,
- tint,
- tone,
- unadulteration,
- unaffectedness,
- unblemishedness,
- unblottedness,
- uncorruptness,
- undefiledness,
- undividedness,
- unearthliness,
- unguiltiness,
- unification,
- uniformity,
- unimpeachability,
- unimpeachableness,
- uniqueness,
- unity,
- univocity,
- unmixedness,
- unsoiledness,
- unsophistication,
- unspottedness,
- unstainedness,
- unsulliedness,
- untaintedness,
- unworldliness,
- uprightness,
- upstandingness,
- value,
- virginity,
- virtue,
- virtuousness,
- warm color,
- whiteness,
- wholeness,
- wholesomeness,
- worthiness