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English noun: celibacy

1. celibacy (state) an unmarried status


Broader (hypernym)condition, status

2. celibacy (act) abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)


Synonymschastity, sexual abstention


Broader (hypernym)abstinence


Domain categoryfaith, religion, religious belief









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