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CHASTITY
chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention
(noun) abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
virtue, chastity, sexual morality
(noun) morality with respect to sexual relations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chastity (countable and uncountable, plural chastities)
The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.
Antonyms
• inchastity, unchastity
• lust
• promiscuity
Proper noun
Chastity
(rare) A female given name from English from the virtue chastity.
Source: Wiktionary
Chas"ti*ty, n. Etym: [F. chasteté, fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See Chaste.]
1. The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse. She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. T. Carew.
2. Moral purity. So dear to heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sicerely so A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.
3. The unmarried life; celibacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. (Literature & Art)
Definition: Chasteness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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