celibacy

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From Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), from caelebs (“unmarried”). By surface analysis, celib(ate) + -acy.

countable, uncountable Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried. They came to believe that men, who would live a godly life, must view marriage as a sin and choose a life of celibacy.
broadly, countable, uncountable Abstinence from sexual relations.