chasteness

Definition of chastenessnext
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abstention from sexual intercourse their marriage of consensual chasteness seems to have worked for both the composer and his wife

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Noun
  • Additionally, its purple (not blue) color, as well as its sheer mass at that level of purity means that in this stone’s formation, the conditions of the earth’s crust at that specific point under Sri Lanka were set up perfectly to generate not a tiny perfect thing, but a great big perfect thing.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Such channels could still have ads and provide a new revenue stream for Netflix, while a TCM channel could keep its sponsorships without ads to maintain the purity of the TCM brand.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But none of Wardlaw's newfound claims of innocence matter.
    Robert Steinbuch, Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Gary Washington spent more than 30 years in prison and always maintained his innocence.
    Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Chasteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chasteness. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.

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