Meaning

• The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.

  "Even animals in the Jewish system cause impurity only when they are dead."

• A component or additive that renders something else impure.

  "The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult."

• A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.

  "With his cheating, lying and stealing, he epitomised the impurity of humanity."