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/ˈt͡ʃastɪti/ · noun
The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins..
The monk took a vow of chastity.
vow of chastity
virtue and chastity
In Catholic doctrine, the virtue of chastity is taken to be the principal foil to everyone's favourite deadly sin, lust.
Use chastity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chastity means The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins..
Common synonyms include chasteness, celibacy, sexual abstention, sexual morality.
Possible antonyms include inchastity, unchastity, incontinence, incontinency.
The monk took a vow of chastity.
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