Synonyms of chastity

chastity

noun

ˈcha-stə-tē 

1

as in purity

the quality or state of being morally pure

a saint who is often held up as a model of chastity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• purity
• virtue
• innocence
• goodness
• modesty
• chasteness
• morality
• immaculacy
• righteousness
• virtuousness
• decorum
• rectitude
• propriety
• decency
• probity
• seemliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impurity
• unchastity
• evil
• wickedness
• sinfulness
• immodesty
• badness
• unrighteousness
• unchasteness
• vulgarity
• indecency
• impropriety

2

as in celibacy

abstention from sexual intercourse

vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

Synonyms & Similar Words

• purity
• celibacy
• abstinence
• virginity
• continence
• chasteness
• virtue
• innocence
• modesty
• honor

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• licentiousness
• debauchery
• lechery
• whoring
• venery
• wenching

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chastity

Homer approves equally of the man’s satisfactions and the woman’s chastity. — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026

Youth media had a specific fixation on virginity and chastity just then. — Vrinda Jagota, Pitchfork, 6 June 2026

Augustinians also take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026

Having spent much of his adult life in the Order of St Augustine, whose friars and sisters take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience with a focus on unity and community, his priorities are unity and building bridges. — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026