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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHASTITY, n.
1. Purity of the body; freedom from all unlawful commerce of sexes. Before marriage, purity from all commerce of sexes; after marriage, fidelity to the marriage bed.
2. Freedom from obscenity, as in language or conversation.
3. Freedom from bad mixture; purity in words and phrases.
4. Purity; unadulterated state; as the chastity of the gospel.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) [syn: chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention]
2: morality with respect to sexual relations [syn: virtue, chastity, sexual morality]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 13th century 1. the quality or state of being chaste: as a. abstention from unlawful sexual intercourse b. abstention from all sexual intercourse c. purity in conduct and intention d. restraint and simplicity in design or expression 2. personal integrity

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 being chaste. 2 sexual abstinence; virginity. 3 simplicity of style or taste. Phrases and idioms: chastity belt hist. a garment designed to prevent a woman from having sexual intercourse. Etymology: ME f. OF chasteté f. L castitas -tatis f. castus CHASTE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chastity Chas"ti*ty, n. [F. chastet['e], fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See Chaste.] 1. The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse. She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. --T. Carew. 2. Moral purity. So dear to heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sicerely so A thousand liveried angels lackey her. --Milton. 3. The unmarried life; celibacy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. (Literature & Art) Chasteness.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Chastity is the state of not having sex with anyone, or of only having sex with your husband or wife. (OLD-FASHIONED) He took a vow of chastity and celibacy.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Purity, virtue, modesty, pure-mindedness, continence. 2. Purity, cleanness, decency, freedom from impurity or obscenity. 3. [In this sense rare.] Chasteness, chastened character, unaffectedness, simplicity, restrainedness, sobriety, refinement, purity, freedom from extravagance.

Moby Thesaurus

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