Found 2 items, similar to Impurity.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: impurity impurity n 1: worthless material that should be removed; “there were impurities in the water” [syn: dross] 2: the condition of being impure [syn: impureness] [ant: purity]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Impurity Impurity \Im*pu"ri*ty\, n.; pl. Impurities . [L. impuritas: cf. F. impuret['e].] [1913 Webster] 1. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration. [1913 Webster] Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit. --Buckminster. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient. [1913 Webster] Foul impurities reigned among the monkish clergy. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] 3. (Script.) Lack of ceremonial purity; defilement. [1913 Webster]