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Impureness

The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.

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Admixture 76% connected

The act of mixing; mixture.

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Adulteration 76% connected

The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture.

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Alloy 76% connected

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury…

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Contamination 76% connected

The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.

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Debasement 76% connected

The act of debasing or the state of being debased.

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Dirtiness 76% connected

The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.

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Pollution 76% connected

The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity.

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Putridity 76% connected

The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.

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Taint 76% connected

A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Synonym 1

Impurity 92% connected

The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.

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Pureness 94% connected

The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective).

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Pureness 94% connected

The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective).

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