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purity

noun as in the state of being pure

noun as in innocence

noun as in chastity

noun as in cleanness

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No government has complete purity of policy across the board.

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Such trivial concerns were left to lesser schools, institutions that perhaps couldn’t appreciate the sanctity of a 10-week regular season, the purity of life without football scholarships, or the venerable tradition of Harvard-Yale.

Their wings, in shades of lavender, green and red, represented certain crystals and traits: amethyst as one of calm and purity, malachite as one of protection and rose garnet for healing and love.

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"The quality or purity of this material is so high that the quantum coherence properties of these atoms become superb."

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The thieves cut the coin in smaller pieces to sell it off, leaving their clothes, cars and homes sprinkled with gold dust of extraordinary purity.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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