UNCHASTITY Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

unchastity

noun

Definition of unchastity

as in impurity

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Recent Examples of unchastity On their wedding day, Claudio repudiates and humiliates Hero at the altar, accusing her of unchastity (the highest of crimes) and unfaithfulness. — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 Traditionally, an allegation of a woman’s unchastity constitutes libel per se. — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 27 May 2021

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Noun

Sweet crude is cleaner, has fewer impurities and is easier to refine into gasoline, diesel and jet fuel than heavy crude is.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
The second source of unwanted immune response is impurities from mRNA production.

— Li Li, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of impurity

Noun

But soon after, in Genesis 18, God tells Abraham of plans to investigate reports of sinfulness in Sodom and Gomorrah.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
Denver author Josiah Hesse was raised by Evangelical parents in churches that believe in the torments of hell, that their poverty is due to their sinfulness and lack of faith.

— Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026

Definition of sinfulness

Noun

But for Mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys), the local personalities pale in comparison to the evils lurking beneath the cursed island’s surface.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Venom dunking Who would win in a basketball game, Spider-Man or his evil doppelgänger Venom?

— Owen Carry, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of evil

Noun

Miller was bold, having learned of life’s wickedness at an early age.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 25 July 2026
Max Cady should be an unsettling interruption, a man who undermines our ideas of right and wrong through his nonchalance about his own wickedness; here, the most unsettling thing about him are those teal contact lenses.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026

Definition of wickedness

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