What does celibacy mean?
Celibacy means Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried..
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/ˈsɛləbəsi/ · noun
Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried..
They came to believe that men, who would live a godly life, must view marriage as a sin and choose a life of celibacy.
I could document this defense of celibacy. Unmarried women show up very well in all the tests of mental health.
Use celibacy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Celibacy means Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried..
Common synonyms include sexlessness, sexual abstention, chastity.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They came to believe that men, who would live a godly life, must view marriage as a sin and choose a life of celibacy.
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