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impurity noun [ ɪmˈpjʊərɪti ]

• the state or quality of being impure.
• "a struggle to rid the soul of sin and impurity"
Similar: adulteration, debasement, degradation, contamination, pollution, dirtiness, filthiness, uncleanliness, foulness, unwholesomeness, feculence, immorality, corruption, sin, sinfulness, vice, wickedness, dishonour, depravity, degeneracy, debauchery, dissolution, unchastity, lustfulness, lechery, lecherousness, lewdness, lasciviousness, prurience, obscenity, indecency, wantonness, ribaldry, smut, smuttiness, impropriety, crudity, crudeness, vulgarity, coarseness, grossness, concupiscence,
Opposite: purity, cleanliness, chastity,
Origin: late Middle English: from French impurite or Latin impuritas, from impurus (see impure).


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