impurity.
The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
Meaning & usage
The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
Even animals in the Jewish system cause impurity only when they are dead.
A component or additive that renders something else impure.
The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult.
A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.
With his cheating, lying and stealing, he epitomised the impurity of humanity.
Where this word comes from
From impure + -ity. From Middle French impurité, from Latin impuritas.
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