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chastity
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1 the quality or state of being morally pure a saint who is often held up as a model of chastity Synonyms chasteness, immaculacy, innocence, modesty, purity Related Words goodness, righteousness, virtue, virtuousness; morality, probity, rectitude; decency, decorum, propriety, seemliness Near Antonyms badness, evil, sinfulness, unrighteousness, wickedness; impropriety, indecency, vulgarity Antonyms immodesty, impurity, unchasteness, unchastity
2 abstention from sexual intercourse vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience Synonyms abstinence, chasteness, celibacy, continenceRelated Words modesty, purity; honor, innocence, virginity, virtueNear Antonyms debauchery, lechery, licentiousness, venery, wenching, whoring
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