as in innocence
the quality or state of being morally pure
struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness
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Recent Examples of purity
Other clues may include signatures, stamps, original tags, and hallmarks, the official marks used on gold and silver to verify purity.
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Nicole Anderson, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2026
And sometimes the music does traffic in the kinds of clichés about middle-American purity of spirit that have long been a hallmark of conservative rhetoric.
—Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Read More Even at its glitziest, though, there is always an earnest purity about Parton’s work and worldview.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
The color held special meaning in Victorian symbolism on its own, representing fidelity, purity, and love.
—Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026
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Nicole Anderson, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2026
And sometimes the music does traffic in the kinds of clichés about middle-American purity of spirit that have long been a hallmark of conservative rhetoric.
—Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Read More Even at its glitziest, though, there is always an earnest purity about Parton’s work and worldview.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
The color held special meaning in Victorian symbolism on its own, representing fidelity, purity, and love.
—Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for purity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purity
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In Church’s day, that separation depended on promoting a robust idea of American innocence over Europe’s enfeebling corruption.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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There’s arguably no one better placed to collaborate with VFX artists on a motion-capture performance than Serkis, who’s delivered innocence, cunning, cruelty, longing, and kindness in roles that run from Golum to Caesar to King Kong himself.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Even more goodness to check out!—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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And thank goodness for the human ability to decouple hope from joy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
Noun
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In that competition, loyalty is an expensive virtue.—
Wael Mahdi,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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But patience can sometimes be a death knell in the playoffs, and Game 4 showed how a lack of it can be a virtue.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Purity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purity. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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