chastity

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃastɪti/(UK)
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/ˈt͡ʃastɪti/(UK) · /ˈt͡ʃæstɪti/(US) · [ˈt͡ʃæstɪɾi](US) · /ˈt͡ʃeɪstɪti/

Definition of chastity

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.”

name

  1. (rare)A female given name from English from the virtue chastity.
    “Since she was saddled with that awful name, Chastity Bono has given her parents much grief over it. "It helps to get into a show or something, but most of the time it's a pain," she told McCall's. The girl blames mama Cher who was inspired by a movie.”

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Etymology

From Middle English chastite, from Old French chasteté, a semi-learned adaptation of Latin castitas, equivalent to chaste + -ity.

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