PU'RITY, noun [Latin puritas, form purus.] 1. Freedom from foreign admixture or heterogeneous matter; as the purity of water, of wine, of spirit; the purity of drugs; the purity of metals. 2. Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt; as the purity of a garment. The purity of a linen vesture. 3. Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; as purity of heart or life. 4. Chastity; freedom from contamination by illicit sexual connection. 5. Freedom from any sinister or improper views; as the purity of motives or designs. 6. Freedom from foreign idioms, from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as purity of style or language.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI