English noun: chastity | |||
1. | chastity (act) abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) | ||
Synonyms | celibacy, sexual abstention | ||
Broader (hypernym) | abstinence | ||
Domain category | faith, religion, religious belief | ||
2. | chastity (attribute) morality with respect to sexual relations | ||
Synonyms | sexual morality, virtue | ||
Broader (hypernym) | morality | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | honor, honour, pureness, purity | ||
Attribute | chaste, unchaste | ||