celibacy
/ˈsɛlɪbəsi
/noun [mass noun]
The state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations: a priest who had taken a vow of celibacy...
- The early Church saw a debate between the proponents of chastity and celibacy.
- If you are struggling with celibacy like this, maybe active ministry isn't where you should be?
- Marriage has many pains, says Johnson in Rasselas, but celibacy has no pleasures.
Synonyms
chastity, virginity, maidenhood, maidenhead, abstinence, self-denial, self-restraint, abnegation, asceticism;
the unmarried state, singleness, bachelorhood, spinsterhood;
monkhood, nunhood, monasticism
rare single blessedness, continence
- make a hit
- make a hole in
- make a Horlicks of
- make a House
- make a joke of
- make a killing
- make allowance(s) for
- make a man out of someone
- make a market
- make a match
- make a meal of
- make a mess
- make a mess of
- make a mockery of
- make (a) mock of
- make a monkey of (or out of) someone
- make a mountain out of a molehill
- make a move
- make a move on (or put the moves on)
- make a muck of
- make a name for oneself
- make an ass of oneself
- make-and-break
- make an effort
- make an end of