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Chastity Common

Chastity has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

"After taking his monastic vows, Brother Thomas lived a life of total chastity, dedicating himself entirely to prayer and service."

2

morality with respect to sexual relations

"The religious community emphasized that chastity was not just about abstinence, but a lifelong commitment to purity in all sexual matters."

3

The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.

"After years of struggling to maintain her chastity during a difficult divorce, she finally felt ready to embrace love without guilt."

Proper Noun
1

A female given name from English from the virtue chastity.

"My neighbor named her daughter Chastity, hoping she would grow up to be virtuous."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
abstinence morality
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
honor
Rhyming Words
ity pity mity city ality arity ility acity deity whity asity icity unity hoity laity amity osity inity egoity vomity
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