NOUN | act | chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention | abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) |
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attribute | chastity, virtue, sexual morality | morality with respect to sexual relations |
Sounds | chae'stahtiy | |
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Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... |
Meaning | abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows). | |
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Synonyms | celibacy, sexual abstention | |
Category | religion, faith, religious belief | A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny |
Broader | abstinence | Act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite |
Spanish | abstinencia sexual, castidad, celibato | |
Catalan | abstinència sexual, castedat, celibat | |
Adjectives | chaste | abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse |
Meaning | morality with respect to sexual relations. | |
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Synonyms | virtue, sexual morality | |
Attributes | chaste | morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse) |
unchaste | not chaste | |
Narrower | honor, honour, purity, pureness | A woman's virtue or chastity |
Broader | morality | concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong |
Spanish | castidad, moral sexual, pudor, pureza, virtud | |
Catalan | castedat, moral sexual, puresa, virtut | |
Adjectives | chaste | morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse) |
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