purity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
    pureness.
  2. noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
    whiteness; sinlessness; innocence; pureness.
  3. noun a woman's virtue or chastity
    honour; pureness; honor.

WordNet

Pu"ri*ty noun
Etymology
OE. purete, purte, OF. purté, F. pureté, from L. puritas, fr. purus pure. See Pure.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913