| ADJECTIVE | all | chaste | morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse) |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | chaste | pure and simple in design or style | |
| all | chaste | abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse |
| Sounds | chey'st | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | aftertaste ... waste: 25 rhymes with eyst... | |
| Meaning | morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a holy woman innocent and chaste" | |
| Attribute of | virginity | The condition or quality of being a virgin |
| virtue, chastity, sexual morality | morality with respect to sexual relations | |
| Narrower | celibate, continent | Abstaining from sexual intercourse |
| pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous | In a state of sexual virginity | |
| See also | moral | concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles |
| pure | (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults | |
| virtuous | morally excellent | |
| Opposite | unchaste | not chaste |
| Spanish | casto | |
| Catalan | cast | |
| Nouns | chastity | morality with respect to sexual relations |
| Adverbs | chastely | in a chaste and virtuous manner |
| Meaning | pure and simple in design or style. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers" | |
| Broader | plain | not elaborate or elaborated |
| Spanish | casto | |
| Nouns | chasteness | lack of ornamentation |
| Meaning | Abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | moral | concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles |
| Spanish | casto | |
| Nouns | chastity | abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) |
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