impurity

Noun

impurity (plural impurities)

1. 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.

2. A component or additive that renders something else impure.

   The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult.

3. A state of immorality or sin.

   With his cheating, lying and stealing, he epitomised the impurity of humanity.

Antonyms:

• [[purity]]

8 letters in word "impurity": I I M P R T U Y.

No anagrams for impurity found in this word list.

• impurities ←
• impurest ←
• impurer ←
• impurity
• → impurple
• → impurpled
• → impurples