Meaning of IMPURITY
| Pronunciation: | | im'pyûritee
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- [n] worthless material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water"
- [n] the condition of being impure
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| | Synonyms: | | dross, impureness |
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| | Antonyms: | | pureness, purity | | |
| | See Also: | | admixture, adulteration, alloy, condition, contamination, debasement, dirtiness, pollution, putridity, status, taint, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im*pu"ri*ty\, n.; pl. Impurities . [L. impuritas: cf.
F. impuret['e].]
1. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense;
defilement; foulness; adulteration.
Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit.
--Buckminster.
2. That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul
matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient.
Foul impurities reigned among the monkish clergy.
--Atterbury.
3. (Script.) Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.
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