Are there sins against purity other than sexual sin?

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I’m trying for purity in my life and would like to know if there are other sins which would be sins of impurity.
 
Since “impurity” is a euphemism for improper sexuality, so the short answer is “no”.
 
Wouldn’t motives and motivations count in a different way perhaps? Not the purity, you’re think but purity of a sort nonetheless?
 
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I’m trying for purity in my life and would like to know if there are other sins which would be sins of impurity.
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The answer is no.

Modern Catholic Dictionary:

IMPURITY. A common term for sins of lust, whether internal or external. Internal sins of lust are interior thoughts or desires that are not carried out in practice. They may take on a variety of forms, e.g., taking pleasure in sexual imaginative representations, complacently enjoying previous sinful venereal experiences, desiring unlawful sexual pleasures. Otherwise the sins are external.
 
Yes.
Ritual impurity, but these are not really sins. To do with all sorts of uncleanness many having nothing to do with sex.

In a sense all sin is impurity, mixing something base with what should be noble - e.g. excess love of a created good either in opposition to God (mortal sin) or with God (venial).

Purity of heart comes before purity of body. Don’t get too unbalanced.
 
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