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chastity
English
Etymology
From Middle English chastite, from Old French chasteté, a semi-learned adaptation of Latin castitas.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?t?æst?ti/, [?t?æst??i]
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.
- 2010, The Guardian, Celibacy: whose bright idea was that?, 29 May 2010
- In Catholic doctrine, the virtue of chastity is taken to be the principal foil to everyone's favourite deadly sin, lust.
- 2010, The Guardian, Celibacy: whose bright idea was that?, 29 May 2010
Antonyms
- inchastity, unchastity
- lust
- promiscuity
Derived terms
- chastity belt
Related terms
- chaste
Translations
References
- chastity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- yachtist
chastity From the web:
spinsterhood
English
Etymology
spinster +? -hood
Noun
spinsterhood (countable and uncountable, plural spinsterhoods)
- The condition of being a spinster.
- The time during which one is a spinster.
Translations
spinsterhood From the web:
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