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pureness

Variant of pure

adjective purer, purest

    1. free from any adulterant; unmixed: pure maple syrup
    2. free from anything that taints, impairs, infects, etc.; clear: pure water or air
  1. simple; mere: pure luck
  2. utter; absolute; sheer: pure lunacy
  3. free from defects; perfect; faultless
  4. free from sin or guilt; blameless
  5. virgin or chaste
  6. of unmixed stock; purebred
  7. restricted to the abstract or theoretical aspects: pure physics
  8. Bible ceremonially undefiled
  9. Phonet. articulated without any change in quality and with virtually no movement of the vocal organs; monophthongal: (e) is a pure vowel

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