1. Clearness; an unmixed state; separation or freedom from any heterogeneous or foreign matter; as the pureness of water or other liquor; the pureness of a metal; the pureness of marl or clay; the pureness of air.
2. Freedom from moral turpitude or guilt.
4. Simplicity; freedom from mixture or composition.
5. An essence eternal and spiritual, of absolute pureness and simplicity.
6. Freedom from vicious or improper words, phrases or modes of speech; as pureness of style.
