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chas·ti·ty
(chăs′tĭ-tē)n.
The condition or quality of being chaste, especially the condition of not having had sexual intercourse or of abstaining from sexual relations.
[Middle English chastite, from Old French chastete, from Latin castitās, from castus, pure; see chaste.]
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chastity
(ˈtʃæstɪtɪ)n
1. the state of being chaste; purity
2. abstention from sexual intercourse; virginity or celibacy: a vow of chastity.
[C13: from Old French chasteté, from Latin castitās, from castus chaste]
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chas•ti•ty
(ˈtʃæs tɪ ti)n.
the state or quality of being chaste; moral purity.
[1175–1225; Middle English chastite, variant of chastete < Old French < Latin castitās]
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Noun | 1. | chastity - abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) abstinence - act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" |
2. | chastity - morality with respect to sexual relations morality - concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct |
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chastity
noun purity, virtue, innocence, modesty, virginity, celibacy, continence, maidenhood I took a vow of chastity and celibacy when I became a priest.
promiscuity, immorality, profligacy, debauchery, licentiousness, lewdness, wantonness
promiscuity, immorality, profligacy, debauchery, licentiousness, lewdness, wantonness
Quotations
"Give me chastity and continence, but not just now" [St. Augustine of Hippo Confessions]
"chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions" [Aldous Huxley Eyeless in Gaza]
"The essence of chastity is not the suppression of lust, but the total orientation of one's life towards a goal" [Dietrich Bonhoeffer Letters and Papers from Prison]
"'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity;"
"She that has that, is clad in complete steel" [John Milton Comus]
"Give me chastity and continence, but not just now" [St. Augustine of Hippo Confessions]
"chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions" [Aldous Huxley Eyeless in Gaza]
"The essence of chastity is not the suppression of lust, but the total orientation of one's life towards a goal" [Dietrich Bonhoeffer Letters and Papers from Prison]
"'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity;"
"She that has that, is clad in complete steel" [John Milton Comus]
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chastity
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Translations
عِفَّه، طَهارَه
cudnostneposkvrněnost
ærbarhedkyskhed
skírlífi, sakleysi, heiîvirîi
cudnosť
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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chastity
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
chaste
(tʃeist) adjective pure and virtuous.
chastity (ˈtʃӕstəti) nounˈchasteness noun
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