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chas·ti·ty
\ˈchastəd.ē, -aas-, -ətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English chastete, chastitie, from Old French chasteté, from Latin castitat-, castitas, from castus pure + -itat-, -itas -ity — more at chaste
1. : the quality or state of being chaste: as
a. : abstention from any sexual intercourse reprobated by religion or condemned by morality
b. : abstention from all sexual intercourse
c. : freedom from immorality and lewdness in act and intention : purity in act and will : decency, modesty
d. : decorousness in design or expression often tending toward the severe : freedom from meretricious ornament, floridity, or tawdriness
2. : the obligation of lifelong celibacy and continence assumed in some monastic vows
3. : ethical integrity |