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pureness

pureness

1 5.9
A woman's not having sex before marriage
  • noun
  • /ˈpjʊr.nəs/
translation icon : pureza
  • He's obviously doubting her, um, pureness.

Examples

  • Many traditions celebrate the pureness of a bride on her wedding day, symbolizing virtue and fidelity.

  • In fact, at my denomination's annual youth conference, a speaker explicitly stated that raped women belonged in the same category of "pureness" as virgins.

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  • Men are all innocence, pureness, and light.

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  • In her community, she was admired for her remarkable pureness and strong moral values.

  • The discussion centered around the idea of maintaining a woman's pureness in the face of societal pressures.

Synonyms

honor
vspureness
  • Archaic
276 9.9

A woman's reputation for sexual purity in older times

is about the inner quality of being morally clean rather than reputation
virtue
vspureness
  • Archaic
23 4.4

Sexual purity that some people expect for moral reasons

is narrower, centering on a woman's sexual reputation and chastity
purity
vspureness
  • Formal
18 3.3

The state of not having had sex, often used about women

is the term that focuses specifically on a woman's chastity
cleanness
vspureness
  • Literature
6.0

The state of having honest thoughts and actions

applies that moral cleanliness specifically to a woman's sexual conduct
sinlessness
vspureness
9.6

Being free from wrong and having an innocent heart

focuses on a woman's sexual innocence rather than broad moral innocence
maidenliness
vspureness
  • Archaic
9.9

A gentle, modest, and innocent way of acting or looking like a young woman

describes inner moral cleanliness rather than outward modest conduct

Antonyms

impurity
19 5.1

A small unwanted substance in a material that can make it unsafe

debauchery
  • NSFW
18 9.1

Too much drinking and sex for pleasure

How Chaste

chastity
35 8.1
pureness
1 5.9
promiscuity
  • NSFW
18 7.9

Surface Forms

pureness singular
purenesses plural

Morphology

pureness = pure (transparent) = pure + ness

The sense is a direct moral/virtue interpretation of 'pure' plus the nominalizing '-ness', so derivation is straightforward.

Etymology

Pureness comes from pure, from Latin purus 'clean'. In older times people often used the idea of being 'clean' to speak about a woman's sexual 'virtue' or chastity, so pureness can mean that quality.