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purity

Syllables: pur·i·ty/ˈpjʊəɹɪti/US/ˈpjʊɹɪti/

purity noun: the state or degree of being pure.

Noun

purity (countable and uncountable, plural purities)

  1. The state or degree of being pure.
    • The purity of the water was tested in a laboratory.
    • She admired the purity of the child’s laughter.
    Antonyms:
    impurity

Proper noun capitalized: Purity

Purity

  1. A female given name from English from the virtue purity.

purity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

purity in Hindi

purity
शुद्धि śuddhi, संस्कार sanskār
purity, cleanliness
शुचिता śucitā, सुचिता sucitā
purity, sanctity
पवित्रता pavitratā

purity in Tamil

the state of being pure
தூய்மை tūymai

purity in Marathi

शुद्धता

purity in Urdu

purity
سنسکار sanskār
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purity in Bengali
সংস্কার śoṅskar
purity in Telugu
అమలము amalamu, శుద్ధి śuddhi, శౌచము śaucamu, తేట tēṭa
purity in Malayalam
പരിശുദ്ധി pariśuddhi
purity in Kannada
ಮಚ್ಚು, ತೆಳ್ಪು, ತೆಳುಂಪು, ತೆಳುಪು
purity in Punjabi
ਸ਼ੁੱਧਤਾ
purity in Gujarati
શુદ્ધતા
purity in Odia
ସାଦ sāda
purity in Sanskrit
साद sādá
purity in Nepali
शुद्धता
purity in Tagalog
katagnasan
purity in Persian
خلوص xolus
purity in Vietnamese
sự thuần khiết

Examples of purity in a sentence

  • He lived abstemiously for his entire life, eschewing pleasure for purity.
  • Many of TST's critics did frame the issue in terms of purity and contamination.
  • Very high purity fused silica glasses are made, which have negligible thermal expansion.

All 40 example sentences with purity

Antonyms of purity

Forms of purity

pluralpurities

Plural of purity: purities

Origin of purity

From pure + -ity, from Old French purete, from Latin puritas.

Words formed from purity

Phrases with purity

Questions about purity

What does purity mean?
Purity means the state or degree of being pure.
What is purity in Hindi?
Purity in Hindi is शुद्धि (śuddhi), संस्कार (sanskār), शुचिता (śucitā). See Purity meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is purity?
Purity can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce purity?
Purity is pronounced /ˈpjʊəɹɪti/ (UK).
What is the plural of purity?
The plural of purity is purities.

Words near purity in the dictionary

  1. puriteen
  2. puriteens
  3. purities
  4. puritogen
  5. Puriton
  6. purity
  7. purity ball
  8. purity balls
  9. purity pledge
  10. purity pledges
  11. purity ring

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: purity (page history and authors); Purity (page history and authors); पवित्रता (Hindi) (page history and authors); purity (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); سنسکار (Urdu) (page history and authors); সংস্কার (Bengali) (page history and authors); అమలము (Telugu) (page history and authors); purity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); purity (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); purity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ସାଦ (Odia) (page history and authors); साद (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); purity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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