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 Definitions of chaste  [ʃeɪst]  

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Definition of 'chaste' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) chaste
refraining from sexual intercourse, regarded as contrary to morality or religion.

2.  chaste
virginal.

3.  chaste
not engaging in sexual relations; celibate.

4.  chaste
decent and modest:
chaste conversation.

5.  chaste
unsullied; undefiled:
chaste white snow.

6.  chaste
pure in style; simple; unadorned:
a chaste design.

Etymology:  (1175–1225; < OF < L castus clean, pure)

Definition of 'chaste' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) chaste
morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
"a holy woman innocent and chaste"

2. (adj) chaste
pure and simple in design or style
"a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"

3. (adj) chaste
abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse


Definition of 'chaste' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) chaste
pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent

2. (adj) chaste
pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes

3. (adj) chaste
pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art

4. (adj) chaste
unmarried


Translation of 'chaste' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: pure and virtuous.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kuis Arabic flag Arabic: عَفيف، طاهِر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: целомъдрен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: casto Czech flag Czech: cudný, neposkvrněný German flag German: keusch
Danish flag Danish: ærbar; kysk Greek flag Greek: αγνός Spanish flag Spanish: casto, puro
Estonian flag Estonian: vooruslik Farsi flag Farsi: پرهیزکار؛ پاکدامن Finnish flag Finnish: siveä
French flag French: chaste Hebrew flag Hebrew: תָמִים Hindi flag Hindi: शुद्ध
Croatian flag Croatian: krepostan, djevičanski, n Hungarian flag Hungarian: tiszta Indonesian flag Indonesian: suci
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skírlífur, heiðvirður, sa Italian flag Italian: casto Japanese flag Japanese: 純潔な
Korean flag Korean: 순결한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: doras, skaistus Latvian flag Latvian: šķīsts; nevainīgs
Malay flag Malay: suci Dutch flag Dutch: kuis Norwegian flag Norwegian: kysk, rein, jomfruelig;ær
Polish flag Polish: cnotliwy Persian flag Persian: پرهیزکار؛ پاکدامن Pashto flag Pashto: پاك، سپېڅلې: بوبه، سوچه ب
Portuguese flag Portuguese: casto Romanian flag Romanian: cast Russian flag Russian: целомудренный
Slovak flag Slovak: cudný Slovenian flag Slovenian: nedolžen Serbian flag Serbian: neporočan
Swedish flag Swedish: kysk, ren Thai flag Thai: ที่สะอาดบริสุทธิ์ Turkish flag Turkish: iffetli, namuslu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 貞潔的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: невинний, цнотливий Urdu flag Urdu: با عصمت ، نیک ، پرہیز گار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trinh bạch Chinese flag Chinese: 贞洁的

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