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CHASTITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
Synonyms:
celibacy; chastity; sexual abstention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("chastity" is a kind of...):
abstinence (act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite)
Domain category:
faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)
Derivation:
chaste (abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Morality with respect to sexual relations
Synonyms:
chastity; sexual morality; virtue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("chastity" is a kind of...):
morality (concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct)
Attribute:
chaste (morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse))
unchaste (not chaste)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chastity"):
honor; honour; pureness; purity (a woman's virtue or chastity)
Derivation:
chaste (morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse))
