VIRGINITY Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

virginity

noun

Definition of virginity

as in virtue

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Recent Examples of virginity And Olympic-sponsor hierarchy was guarded like vestal virginity. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2026 But the truly dangerous frontier is the American high school, where girls are willing to play dumb and give up their secrets, friends, privacy and virginity to fit in and find love. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026 As previously announced, Burr plays a gruff American record-store owner who convinces a ragtag gang of teenage misfits that their best, and possibly only, chance to lose their virginity before graduating high school is at a massive open-air mass for the visiting Pope. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 May 2026 Her first book, Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It, follows a chronically anxious 29-year-old on a quest to lose her virginity before her 30th birthday — and pairs perfectly with the Hibiscus Lemonade flavor. — Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for virginity

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Noun

Gilchrest’s beef – dressed up as a virtue – is that so few people have contributed anything to her.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
This famed chemist had previously extolled the virtues of fertilizer as the answer to soil exhaustion, so his sudden reversal on the issue left a lasting impression on his contemporaries.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

Definition of virtue

Noun

Courts have upheld both inmates’ sentences Duckett and Occhicone were both convicted by juries, and appellate courts have denied multiple attempts to overturn their death sentences – although Duckett has maintained his innocence.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
The 1997 Tour was the end of the sport’s long age of innocence.

— Duncan Alexander, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of innocence

Noun

The Fort Worth City Council approved a $125 million incentive package for the project in June 2025, followed by an October 2025 vote to rename the street in front of the development in its honor.

— Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
So Brewer put his head down and against all odds, fashioned himself into one of the best centers in the league, earning second-team All-Pro honors in 2025.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

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