chaste synonyms
chaste
modif.
Restrained
classic, classical, pure, simple, modest, Spartan, academic, severe, prudish, subdued, disciplined, inornate, unadorned; see also modest 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.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
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