Dictionary
1. (n.) The condition of being pure.

2. (n.) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.

3. (n.) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.

4. (n.) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.

5. (n.) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.

6. (n.) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.

Thesaurus
Attic simplicity Atticism Christianity Christlikeness Christliness Munsell chroma absoluteness angelicalness appropriateness asepsis assured probity beauty of holiness blamelessness blotlessness brightness character chasteness chastity chroma chromatic color chromaticity clarity classical purity classicalism classicism clean slate cleanliness cleanly habits cleanness clear conscience clearness color quality colorimetric quality combination comeliness commonness commonplaceness cool color correctness daintiness decency decorousness defectlessness dignity directness discrimination distinction ease elegance elegancy elementarity erectness estimableness fairness fastidiousness faultlessness fear of God felicitousness felicity finish fittingness flawlessness flow flowing periods fluency freshness fundamentality fusion godlikeness godliness godly-mindedness good character good taste goodness grace gracefulness gracility guilelessness guiltlessness harmlessness healthfulness heavenliness heavenly-mindedness high ideals high principles high-mindedness holiness holy-mindedness homeliness homogeneity honesty honor honorableness hospital cleanliness hue identity immaculacy immaculateness impeccability individuality indivisibility infallibility innocence innocency innocentness innocuousness intactness integrality integration integrity inviolability irreducibility irreproachability irreproachableness justice justness lightness limpidity lucidity matter-of-factness modesty monism moral excellence moral strength morality naturalness neatness neutral color nobility nothing to hide odor of sanctity offenselessness oneness ordinariness organic unity otherworldliness particularity pellucidity perfection perspicuity plainness polish prelapsarian state principles probity properness propriety prosaicness prosiness pureness pureness of heart rectitude refinement reproachlessness reputability respectability restraint righteousness sainthood saintlikeness saintliness saintship salubrity sanctitude sanctity saturation seemliness selfsameness seraphicalness severity sexual innocence simpleness simplicity singleness singularity sinlessness smoothness snowiness solidarity solidification solidity spiritual-mindedness spirituality spotlessness stainlessness starkness sterility straightforwardness taintlessness taste tastefulness terseness tidiness tint tone unadulteration unaffectedness unblemishedness unblottedness uncorruptness undefiledness undividedness unearthliness unguiltiness unification uniformity unimpeachability unimpeachableness uniqueness unity univocity unmixedness unsoiledness unsophistication unspottedness unstainedness unsulliedness untaintedness unworldliness uprightness upstandingness value virginity virtue virtuousness warm color whiteness wholeness wholesomeness worthiness
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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