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pure

adjective
  1. Not diluted or mixed with other substances: full-strength, neat, plain, straight, unblended, undiluted, unmixed. See clean, strong
  2. Free from extraneous elements: absolute, perfect, plain, sheer 2, simple, unadulterated, undiluted, unmixed. See clean
  3. Completely such, without qualification or exception: absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, sheer 2, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter 2. Informal: flat-out, positive. Chiefly British: blooming. See big, limited
  4. Free from evil and corruption: angelic, angelical, clean, innocent, lily-white, sinless, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unstained, unsullied, untainted, virginal. Idiom: pure as the driven snow. See clean, right, sex
  5. Morally beyond reproach, especially in sexual conduct: chaste, decent, modest, nice, virgin, virginal, virtuous. See good, restraint, sex

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