chastity

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

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃastɪti/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæstɪti/, [ˈt͡ʃæstɪɾi]
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪstɪti/
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chastity (countable and uncountable, plural chastities)

  1. The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.
    • 2010, The Guardian, Celibacy: whose bright idea was that?, 29 May 2010
      In Catholic doctrine, the virtue of chastity is taken to be the principal foil to everyone's favourite deadly sin, lust.

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