Freedom from foreign admixture or heterogeneous matter; as the purity of water, of wine, of spirit; the purity of drugs; the purity of metals.

Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt; as the purity of a garment. The purity of a linen vesture.

Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; as purity of heart or life.

Chastity; freedom from contamination by illicit sexual connection.

Freedom from any sinister or improper views; as the purity of motives or designs.

Freedom from foreign idioms, from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as purity of style or language.