US /ˈpjʊɹɪti/ UK /ˈpjʊəɹɪti/
noun name Freq #10326

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the state of being clean and not mixed with anything else

    The purity of the water was tested in a laboratory.

  2. 2
    noun

    the state of being free from sin or moral wrong

    The poem celebrates the purity and innocence of childhood.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the state of being clean... pureness
2 noun · the state of being free... innocencesinlessness
Word family
Forms purities

Etymology

From pure + -ity, from Old French purete, from Latin puritas.

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