pureness

Definitions of pureness
  1. noun
    being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
    synonyms: purity
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    types:
    plainness
    the state of being unmixed with other material
    type of:
    condition, status
    a state at a particular time
  2. noun
    the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
    synonyms: innocence, purity, sinlessness, whiteness
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    types:
    cleanness
    without moral defects
    type of:
    condition, status
    a state at a particular time
  3. noun
    a woman's virtue or chastity
    synonyms: honor, honour, purity
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    type of:
    chastity, sexual morality, virtue
    morality with respect to sexual relations
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