unchastity

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ chastity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈtʃastɪti/

Noun

unchastity ‎(countable and uncountable, plural unchastities)

1. The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; sexual impropriety.
   • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 31:

     Unchastity had to be penalized because, as the Bible showed, it was highly offensive to God.

Translations

quality or state of being unchaste

• Dutch: onkuisheid (nl) f

• Finnish: siveettömyys (fi)

References

• unchastity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913