chasteness

English

Etymology

chaste +‎ -ness

Noun

chasteness (usually uncountable, plural chastenesses)

1. The state of being chaste; chastity
   • 1805 Emily Clark - The banks of the Douro

     The chasteness of her dress made her appear the allusive semblance of Purity itself

   • 2005 Gocha R. Tsetskhladze - Ancient West & East

     Livia's public image and her statues portrayed her as one imbued with the qualities of moral chasteness and matronly respectability

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