chastity
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chastity¹
- /ˈt͡ʃastɪti/ UK
- /ˈt͡ʃæstɪti/ US
- [ˈt͡ʃæstɪɾi] US
- /ˈt͡ʃeɪstɪti/ obsolete
Where it comes from
From Middle English chastite, from Old French chasteté, a semi-learned adaptation of Latin castitas, equivalent to chaste + -ity.
noun chastities
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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.
Similar: chasteness
Opposite: inchastity, unchastity, incontinence, incontinency, lust, promiscuity
Chastity²
proper noun
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: celibacy, virtue, sexual abstention, sexual morality, virginity, continence, abstinence, modesty, purity, self-restraint, asceticism, propriety, sinlessness, innocence, decency, temperance
noun
Opposite: inchastity, unchastity, incontinence, incontinency, lust, promiscuity
Translations
Every language
noun abstaining from sexual activity
| Español | castidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 순결 sun'gyeol, 정조 jeongjo, 정결 jeonggyeol |
| 日本語 | 貞潔 teiketsu, 貞操 teisō, 純潔 junketsu |
| 中文 | 貞節 /贞节 zhēnjié, 貞潔 /贞洁 zhēnjié, 貞操 /贞操 zhēncāo, 純潔 /纯洁 chúnjié |
| हिन्दी | शुचिता śucitā, सतीत्व satītva, शुद्धता śuddhatā |
| Português | castidade |
| Français | chasteté |
| Deutsch | Keuschheit |
| Italiano | castità |
| Ελληνικά | αγνεία agneía, αγνότητα agnótita |
| Română | castitate |
| Русский | целому́дрие celomúdrije, неви́нность nevínnostʹ, непоро́чность neporóčnostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | bình dị, tính giản dị, trinh tiết |
| العربية | عِفَّة ʕiffa, طَهَارَة ṭahāra |
Talk about this word "chastity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chastity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chastity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chastity "chastity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chastity.Cite this
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title = {chastity},
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year = {2026},
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