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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