Im*pu"ni*bly (?), adv. Without punishment; with impunity. [Obs.] J.
Ellis.
Im*pu"ni*ty (?), n. [L. impunitas, fr. impunis without punishment;
pref. im- not + poena punishment: cf. F. impunité. See Pain.]
Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.
Heaven, though slow to wrath, Is never with impunity defied.
Cowper.
The impunity and also the recompense.
Holland.
Im`pu*ra"tion (?), n. Defilement; obscuration. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Im*pure" (?), a. [L. impurus; pref. im- not + purus pure: cf. F. impur.
See Pure.]
1. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which
is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances;
adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.
2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or
things.
3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.
"Impure desires." Cowper.
4. (Script.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses;
unclean.
5. (Language) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure
style.
Im*pure", v. t. To defile; to pollute. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Im*pure"ly, adv. In an impure manner.
Im*pure"ness, n. The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.
Milton.
Im*pu"ri*ty (?), n.; pl. Impurities (#). [L. impuritas: cf. F.
impureté.]
1. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement;
foulness; adulteration.
Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit.
Buckminster.
2. That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter,
action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient.
Foul impurities reigned among the monkish clergy.
Atterbury.