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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)

  1. 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.

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

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unchasteness

English

Etymology

unchaste +? -ness

Noun

unchasteness (uncountable)

  1. Lack of chastity; the state of being unchaste.

unchasteness From the web:

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