unchastity

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ chastity.

Pronunciation

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Noun

unchastity (countable and uncountable, plural unchastities)

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
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Finnish: siveettömyys (fi)

References

“unchastity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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