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noun
The quality of being pure; purity
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a woman's virtue or chastity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: honor, honour, purity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: virtue, chastity, sexual morality
noun
the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: purity, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
Narrower terms: cleanness
noun
being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: purity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
Narrower terms: plainness
History
Etymology tree English pure Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pureness From pure + -ness.
