Chastity

  • 41chastity belt — noun a) A belt like garment, designed to be worn over the genitals and locked to prevent sexual intercourse, tipically for long periods of time, to maintain chastity, or to enforce BDSM submission. b) For a women, refusal to have sex …

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  • 42chastity, vow of —    Priests and men and women who are members of religious communities take a vow of chastity, by which they promise not to engage in deliberate sexual activity …

    Glossary of theological terms

  • 43chastity — 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 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 44chastity — /chas ti tee/, n. the state or quality of being chaste. [1175 1225; ME chastite, var. of chastete < OF < L castitat (s. of castitas), equiv. to cast(us) CHASTE + itat ITY] * * * …

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  • 45chastity — noun The state of abstaining from sexual intercourse before or outside of marriage; avoidance of sexual sins; the quality of being chaste; moral purity. Ant: unchastity …

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  • 46chastity — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, Encratism, Friday, Lenten fare, Pythagoreanism, Pythagorism, Rechabitism, Shakerism, Spartan fare, Stoicism, absoluteness, abstainment, abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, appropriateness, asceticism,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 47chastity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. innocence, purity, virtue, abstinence, celibacy, virtuousness, uprightness, honor, monogamy, faithfulness, fidelity, integrity, decency, delicacy, goodness, virginity, maidenhood, bachelorhood, unmarried state, demureness,&#8230; …

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  • 48chastity — chas|ti|ty [ˈtʃæstıti] n [U] the principle or state of not having sex with anyone, or not with anyone except your husband or wife …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 49chastity — chas·ti·ty || tʃæstÉ™tɪ n. purity, modesty …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 50chastity — noun the state or practice of abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse …

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