CHASTITY Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word chastity. (close relations)
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| celibacy | nounn | |||||
noun • an unmarried status • abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) | ||||||
| virtue | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong • any admirable quality or attribute • morality with respect to sexual relations • a particular moral excellence | ||||||
| abstinence | nounn | |||||
noun • the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) • act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | ||||||
| continence | nounn | |||||
noun • the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters • voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge | ||||||
| purity | nounn | |||||
noun • being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material • the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil • a woman's virtue or chastity | ||||||
| sexual abstention | nounn | |||||
noun • abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) | ||||||
| sexual morality | nounn | |||||
noun • morality with respect to sexual relations | ||||||
