chaste

chaste

modif.

1. Restrained

   classic, classical, pure, simple, modest, Spartan, academic, severe, prudish, subdued, disciplined, inornate, unadorned; see also modest 2.

   Antonyms ornate*, gaudy*, rococo. *

2. Morally pure

   moral, virtuous, modest, decent, proper, pure, innocent, virginal, immaculate, unstained, clean, unblemished, unsullied, undefiled, uncontaminated, spotless, wholesome, decorous, pure as the driven snow; see also decent 2, innocent 4, pure 2, righteous 1.

   Antonyms unchaste, coarse, debauched, debased.

3. Sexually abstinent

   virgin, celibate, continent, abstinent, abstemious, platonic, controlled, virtuous, monogamous, frigid, impotent, virginal, unmarried, unwed.

   Antonyms lewd*, lascivious*, lecherous.

chaste and virtuous, in this connection, imply forbearance from acts or thoughts that do not accord with virginity or strict marital fidelity; pure implies chastity through innocence and an absence of seductive influences rather than through self-restraint; modest and decent are both applied to propriety in behavior, dress, bearing, or speech as exhibiting moral purity