chastity

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
  2. noun morality with respect to sexual relations

Etymology

From Middle English chastite, from Old French chasteté, a semi-learned adaptation of Latin castitas, equivalent to chaste + -ity.

In classic literature

Synonyms

celibacy, sexual abstention

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