the condition of being pure.-freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.-cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.-freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.-freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.-freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.