noun
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Meanings
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1
noun
the state of being clean and not mixed with anything else
The purity of the water was tested in a laboratory.
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2
noun
the state of being free from sin or moral wrong
The poem celebrates the purity and innocence of childhood.
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Etymology
From pure + -ity, from Old French purete, from Latin puritas.
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