chastity
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- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
/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
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(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
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(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
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(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.
Words you can make from chastity
128 playable · top: CHATTY (14 pts)
Best play chatty 14 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
21 words4-letter words
43 words- ACHY 12 pts
- CHAY 12 pts
- ASHY 10 pts
- HAYS 10 pts
- HIYA 10 pts
- SHAY 10 pts
- CASH 9 pts
- CATH 9 pts
- CAYS 9 pts
- CHAI 9 pts
- CHAT 9 pts
- CHIA 9 pts
- CHIS 9 pts
- CHIT 9 pts
- CITY 9 pts
- CYST 9 pts
- ICHS 9 pts
- ITCH 9 pts
- TACH 9 pts
- AHIS 7 pts
- HAST 7 pts
- HATS 7 pts
- HIST 7 pts
- HITS 7 pts
- SHAT 7 pts
- SHIT 7 pts
- SITH 7 pts
- STAY 7 pts
- THAT 7 pts
- THIS 7 pts
- ACTS 6 pts
- ASCI 6 pts
- CAST 6 pts
- CATS 6 pts
- CIST 6 pts
- SCAT 6 pts
- TACT 6 pts
- TICS 6 pts
- AITS 4 pts
- SATI 4 pts
- STAT 4 pts
- TATS 4 pts
- TITS 4 pts
3-letter words
38 words- HAY 9 pts
- SHY 9 pts
- THY 9 pts
- YAH 9 pts
- CAY 8 pts
- CHI 8 pts
- HIC 8 pts
- ICH 8 pts
- ICY 8 pts
- AHI 6 pts
- AHS 6 pts
- ASH 6 pts
- AYS 6 pts
- HAS 6 pts
- HAT 6 pts
- HIS 6 pts
- HIT 6 pts
- SAY 6 pts
- SHA 6 pts
- STY 6 pts
- YAS 6 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- CIS 5 pts
- SAC 5 pts
- SIC 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- AIS 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ATS 3 pts
- ATT 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- SAT 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- TAS 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
- TIT 3 pts
2-letter words
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