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English noun: chastity

1. chastity (act) abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)


Synonymscelibacy, sexual abstention


Broader (hypernym)abstinence


Domain categoryfaith, religion, religious belief

2. chastity (attribute) morality with respect to sexual relations


Synonymssexual morality, virtue


Broader (hypernym)morality


Narrower (hyponym)honor, honour, pureness, purity


Attributechaste, unchaste









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