Meaning

1 senses
  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

    Keuschheit

    целому́дриеcelomúdrije, неви́нностьnevínnostʹ, непоро́чностьneporóčnostʹ

    цнотли́вістьcnotlývistʹ, непоро́чністьneporóčnistʹ, неви́нністьnevýnnistʹ

More definitions
  • abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
  • morality with respect to sexual relations

Examples

8 sentences
  1. God, please give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

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  2. Her chastity belt set off the metal detector at the airport.

    ruОт её пояса верности в аэропорту сработал металлодетектор.

    deIhr Keuschheitsgürtel löste auf dem Flughafen den Metalldetektor aus.

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  3. Artemis was the goddess of chastity, virginity, hunting, the moon and nature.

    ruАртемида была богиней целомудрия, девственности, охоты, луны и природы.

    deArtemis war die Göttin der Keuschheit, der Jungfräulichkeit, der Jagd, des Mondes und der Natur.

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  4. Much of the modern resistance to chastity comes from men's belief that they "own" their bodies.

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  5. Chastity is a virtue.

    ruЦеломудрие - это добродетель.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
abstaining from sexual activity:
Русский
By meaning 1
abstaining from sexual activity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
abstaining from sexual activity:

Origin

From Middle English chastite, from Old French chasteté, a semi-learned adaptation of Latin

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

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Forms

plural: chastities
Singularchastity
Pluralchastities

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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