Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The condition or quality of being chaste, especially the condition of not having had sexual intercourse or of abstaining from sexual relations.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being chaste; the state of being guiltless of unlawful sexual intercourse; sexual purity.
- noun Celibacy; the unmarried state.
- noun Abstinence from lawful indulgence of sexual intercourse; continence due to a religious motive.
- noun Freedom from obscenity, depravity, or impurity, as in thought, language, or life; moral purity.
- noun Purity and simplicity of style in writing.—
- noun In art, freedom from meretricious ornament or affectation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.
- noun Moral purity.
- noun obsolete The unmarried life; celibacy.
- noun (Literature & Art) Chasteness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of
abstaining fromsexual intercourse before or outside ofmarriage ;avoidance ofsexual sins ; the quality of beingchaste ;moral purity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
- noun morality with respect to sexual relations
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Her mind is still afraid of the unknown and of what she does not understand; that is what they call chastity and purity.
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And the value of my chastity is one level on which men cannot compete with me.
Archive 2009-01-25 Tyler 2009
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John C. Wright has produced a six-part essay on the subject of why chastity is good, why the erosion of marriage leads to a breakdown in society, and why homosexuality is disordered:
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John C. Wright has produced a six-part essay on the subject of why chastity is good, why the erosion of marriage leads to a breakdown in society, and why homosexuality is disordered:
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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In the capable hands of author, mother, and BYU alum Stephenie Meyer, chastity is charged with sexual excitement.
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The culture that encourages chastity is seriously misrepresented in the mainstream media.
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And the value of my chastity is one level on which men cannot compete with me.
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And the value of my chastity is one level on which men cannot compete with me.
The Virgin Whore speaketh Tyler 2009
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“You are not a real man because you cannot attract The Ladies with your innate sexual virility/status/wealth etc” to go along with the “you are a bad lady because you do not believe chastity is the cardinal female virtue.”
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In the capable hands of author, mother, and BYU alum Stephenie Meyer, chastity is charged with sexual excitement.
sakhalinskii commented on the word chastity
Something we'd all be better without.
July 30, 2008