Meaning of CHASTITY
| Pronunciation: | | 'chastitee
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- [n] abstaining from sexual relations
- [n] morality with respect to sexual relations
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| | Synonyms: | | celibacy, sexual abstention, sexual morality, virtue |
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| | See Also: | | abstinence, honor, honour, morality, purity | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Chas"ti*ty\, n. [F. chastet['e], 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) Chasteness.
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