Impurity

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  • noun. The quality or condition of being impure, especially.
  • noun. Contamination or pollution.
  • noun. Lack of consistency or homogeneity; adulteration.
  • noun. A state of immorality; sin.
  • noun. Something that renders something else impure; an inferior component or additive.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The condition or quality of being impure, in either a physical or a moral sense.
  • noun. That which is or makes impure, physically or morally: as, impurities in a liquid.
  • noun. Synonyms Uncleanness, dirtiness, filthiness; immodesty, ribaldry, grossness, vulgarity.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.
  • noun. That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient.
  • noun. Lack of ceremonial purity; defilement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
  • noun. A component or additive that renders something else impure.
  • noun. A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
  • noun. the condition of being impure
  • Word Usage
    "The frequency with which this character of "impurity" is ascribed to evil spirits -- some twenty times in the Gospels -- is not to be overlooked. and he cried out -- as follows:"
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