Definitions for chastity
ˈtʃæs tɪ tichasti·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chastity, celibacy, sexual abstentionnoun

   abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

2. virtue, chastity, sexual moralitynoun

   morality with respect to sexual relations

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1. chastitynoun

   The state of abstaining from sexual intercourse before or outside of marriage; avoidance of sexual sins; the quality of being chaste; moral purity.

2. Chastitynoun

   from the virtue chastity.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chastitynoun

   Etymology: castitas, Lat.

   1. Purity of the body.

   Who can be bound by any solemn vow,
   To force a spotless virgin’s chastity? William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   Chastity is either abstinence or continence: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence of married persons: chaste marriages are honourable and pleasing to God. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of Living Holy.

   Ev’n here where frozen chastity retires,
   Love finds an altar for forbidden fires. Alexander Pope.

   2. Freedom from obscenity.

   There is not chastity enough in language,
   Without offence to utter them. William Shakespeare, Much ado about Nothing.

   3. Freedom from bad mixture of any kind.

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1. Chastity

   Chastity, also known as purity, is a virtue related to temperance. Someone who is chaste refrains either from sexual activity considered immoral or any sexual activity, according to their state of life. In some contexts, for example when making a vow of chastity, chastity means the same as celibacy.

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1. chastity

   Chastity is the state or practice of refraining from extra-marital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse. The term is often associated with virtues such as purity and moral integrity. Chastity can also refer to the abstention from all sexual activity as in celibacy.

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1. Chastitynoun

   the state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse

2. Chastitynoun

   moral purity

3. Chastitynoun

   the unmarried life; celibacy

4. Chastitynoun

   chasteness

5. Etymology: [F. chastet, fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See Chaste.]

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1. Chastity

   Chastity refers to the sexual behavior of a man or woman acceptable to the moral standards and guidelines of a culture, civilization or religion. In the Western world, the term has become closely associated with sexual abstinence, especially before marriage. However, the term remains applicable to persons in all states, single or married, clerical or lay, heterosexual or homosexual, and has implications beyond sexual temperance.

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1. yachtist

How to pronounce chastity?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chastity in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chastity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of chastity in a Sentence

1. George Santayana:

   Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.

2. Saint Augustine:

   Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

3. The Vatican newspaper:

   The ogres were not exclusively men in cassocks. Paedophilia does not necessarily derive from a vow of chastity, but it is by now clear that there were too many people in the Church who were more worried about the image of the institution than the gravity of the act.

4. George Santayana:

   Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

5. George Santayana:

   Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.

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