Chastity Definition
chăstĭ-tē
noun
The quality or state of being chaste.
Webster's New World
The definition of chastity is a quality held by someone pure, modest or celibate.
A virgin is an example of chastity.
Faithful married couples are examples of chastity.
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Synonyms:
- sexual-morality
- virtue
- sexual abstention
- celibacy
- morality
- continence
- modesty
- virginity
- innocence
- pudicity
- goodness
- honor
- abstinence
- devotion
- abstention
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pronoun
(rare) A female given name from the virtue chastity.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Chastity
Noun
Singular:
chastity
Plural:
chastitiesOrigin of Chastity
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Middle English chastite from Old French chastete from Latin castitās from castus pure chaste
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French chastete.
From Wiktionary
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