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  • noun Lack of chastity; the state of being unchaste.

Etymologies

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unchaste +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • But if this charge is true (that she wasn't a virgin on her wedding night), and evidence of the girls virginity is not found, they shall bring the girl to the entrance of her fathers house and there her townsman shall stone her to death, because she committed a crime against Israel by her unchasteness in her father's house.

    Religious tolerance UN style Not a sheep 2008

  • Howsoever the best way is to contemn it, which [6214] Henry II. king of France advised a courtier of his, jealous of his wife, and complaining of her unchasteness, to reject it, and comfort himself; for he that suspects his wife's incontinency, and fears the Pope's curse, shall never live a merry hour, or sleep a quiet night: no remedy but patience.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • But a woman may be perfectly chaste herself, and yet cause a great deal of unchasteness in other people.

    The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Various

  • For the moment at least, all his resentment about her past unchasteness and her recent escapade was entirely obliterated; it was a closed chapter; he did not seem to care two pence about it -- that is, he did not feel any torment of jealousy.

    The Devil's Garden W. B. Maxwell 1902

  • -- Dignities and honors are peculiarly the objects of the love of the body; besides these, there are also various enticing allurements, such as beauty and an external polish of manners, sometimes even an unchasteness of character, 49.

    The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love Emanuel Swedenborg 1730

  • Wealth and large possessions are peculiarly the objects of worldly love, while dignities and honors are those of the love of the body: besides these objects, there are also various enticing allurements, such as beauty and an external polish of manners, and sometimes even an unchasteness of character.

    The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love Emanuel Swedenborg 1730

  • But if this charge is true (that she wasn't a virgin on her wedding night), and evidence of the girls virginity is not found, they shall bring the girl to the entrance of her fathers house and there her townsman shall stone her to death, because she committed a crime against Israel by her unchasteness in her father's house.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories Mutainia 2010

  • But if this charge is true (that she wasn't a virgin on her wedding night), and evidence of the girls virginity is not found, they shall bring the girl to the entrance of her fathers house and there her townsman shall stone her to death, because she committed a crime against Israel by her unchasteness in her father's house.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories Mutainia 2010

  • But if this charge is true (that she wasn't a virgin on her wedding night), and evidence of the girls virginity is not found, they shall bring the girl to the entrance of her fathers house and there her townsman shall stone her to death, because she committed a crime against Israel by her unchasteness in her father's house.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories Mutainia 2010

  • But if this charge is true (that she wasn't a virgin on her wedding night), and evidence of the girls virginity is not found, they shall bring the girl to the entrance of her fathers house and there her townsman shall stone her to death, because she committed a crime against Israel by her unchasteness in her father's house.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

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