English-Thai Dictionary

purity

N ความบริสุทธิ์  pureness cleanness whiteness kwam-bo-ri-sud

 

purity

N ความไร้เดียงสา  blamelessness kwam-rai-diang-sa

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PURITY

n.[L. puritas, form purus.] 1. Freedom from foreign admixture or heterogeneous matter; as the purity of water, of wine, of spirit; the purity of drugs; the purity of metals.
2. Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt; as the purity of a garment.
The purity of a linen vesture.
3. Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; as purity of heart or life.
4. Chastity; freedom from contamination by illicit sexual connection.
5. Freedom from any sinister or improper views; as the purity of motives or designs.
6. Freedom from foreign idioms, from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as purity of style or language.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PURITY

Pu "ri *ty, n. Etym: [OE. purete, purte, OF. purté, F. pureté, from L.puritas, fr. purus pure. See Pure. ]

 

Defn: The condition of being pure. Specifically: (a ) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals. (b ) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. "The purity of a linen vesture. " Holyday. (c ) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life. (d ) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.(e ) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

purity

pu ri ty |ˈpyo͝oritē ˈpjʊrədi | ▶noun freedom from adulteration or contamination: the purity of our drinking water. • freedom from immorality, esp. of a sexual nature: white is meant to represent purity and innocence. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French purete, later assimilated to late Latin puritas, from Latin purus ‘pure. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

purity

pur ¦ity |ˈpjʊərɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 freedom from adulteration or contamination: the purity of our drinking water. 2 freedom from immorality, especially of a sexual nature: white is meant to represent purity and innocence. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French purete, later assimilated to late Latin puritas, from Latin purus ‘pure ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

purity

purity noun 1 the purity of our tap water: cleanness, clearness, clarity, freshness; sterility, healthiness, safety. 2 they sought purity in a foul world: virtue, morality, goodness, righteousness, saintliness, piety, honor, honesty, integrity, decency, ethicality, impeccability; innocence, chastity.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

purity

purity noun 1 the purity of our tap water: cleanness, clearness, clarity, freshness, freedom from adulteration /contamination, lack of pollution, untaintedness; wholesomeness, naturalness, healthiness, healthfulness, salubrity; sterility, salubriousness. ANTONYMS impurity, pollution. 2 perhaps in a foul world these men were seeking purity: virtue, virtuousness, lack of corruption, morality, goodness, righteousness, rectitude, saintliness, piety, honour, honesty, integrity, uprightness, decency, worthiness, nobility of soul /spirit, ethicality; blamelessness, guiltlessness, innocence, chastity, sinlessness, stainlessness, spotlessness, irreproachableness, immaculateness, impeccability. ANTONYMS immorality.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

purity

pu ri ty /pjʊ́ ə rəti /名詞 U 清浄, 清潔, 潔白 (↔impurity ); (肉体的 )純潔 ; 純粋さ .