celibate

adj

1. (not-comparable)Not married.
2. (broadly, not-comparable)Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.

   “Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate.”

   “Juanita went celibate for a while and then started going out with Da5id and eventually got married to him.”

noun

1. (uncountable)One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.

   “Even during the ages that priestly marriage was permitted, celibates obtained a higher reputation for sanctity and virtue than married priests, who infinitely more than celibates were believed subject to infestation by demons.”

2. (obsolete, uncountable)A celibate state; celibacy.

   “He […] preferreth holy Cœlibate before the eſtate of Marriage, […]”

   “And Mrs Gorman had had several admirers, both before and after Mr Gorman, and even during Mr Gorman, and Watt at least two well defined romances, in the course of his celibate.”

verb

1. (intransitive, rare)To practice celibacy.

   “However, be that as it may, Stason celebrated with the boys while Hessel celibated alone.”

   “These kids were winding up 45 years and 4 days of celebrating. Me? I'm winding up seven years of celibating looking for a patient virgin.”

   “RICHARD: The Franciscans have turned me down, Angelina. They have asked me to travel another road to sainthood. TOM: Richard is done with celibating!”

   “But if she must break off her celibating, it's a shame and a pity she had to choose him to do it with.”

   “But also with labels like “whore” and “slut”, as a male, it's annoying, because, women don't need to be chastised and made colder in this ice age we live in— they need to be warmed up, turned on, complimented, celebrated (not celibated), encouraged to enjoy their bodies, and pursue pleasure soberly and intelligently.”