| NOUN | act | chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention | abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | chastity, virtue, sexual morality | morality with respect to sexual relations |
| Sounds | chae'stahtiy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows). | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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