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Meanings of chastity in English

Portuguese
pudicícia
Catalan
castedat

Abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

        pudicícia
        Portuguese
        castidade
        Catalan
        castedat
        Spanish
        pudor

        Morality with respect to sexual relations.

              castidade
              Usage of chastity in English
              1
              And civilized women must be the essential guardians of chastity and honor.
              Heart and Soul by Maveric Post
              2
              Of men, the same chastity is not expected as a general thing.
              Woman / Her Sex and Love Life
              3
              The maidens are taught by equally solemn rites the obligatoriness of chastity.
              Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
              4
              The chastity of Nyssia was avenged, and the dream of Gyges accomplished.
              King Candaules
              5
              Yes, I forgot; vow of chastity, and all that sort of thing.
              The Gadfly
              6
              He admired chastity in a girl, but he did not expect it.
              Dangerous Days
              7
              And villichi priestesses, though often celibate, were not always vowed to chastity.
              The seeker
              8
              Actually, his Porsche was sort of an automotive chastity belt, she decided.
              Naughty neighbor
              9
              We may consider, for instance, the question of the chastity of women.
              Essays in War-Time: Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygien...
              10
              Lust, for one, would be deemed a virtue; chastity would be deplored.
              Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
              11
              Your great virtue is making me go beyond the bounds of chastity.
              The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc
              12
              All this with an inflexible devotion to the loftiest ideals of chastity.
              The Price She Paid
              13
              For the last thread that bound me to chastity was still unbroken.
              The Rise of David Levinsky
              14
              Does Pope Francis trust his clergy to observe their vows of chastity?
              The Irish Times
              15
              The equal marriage demands equal purity of heart, equal chastity of intention.
              The Call of the Twentieth Century, an Address to Young Men
              16
              But nothing was ever less valued by her than honor or chastity.
              Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War
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              Chastity through the time
              Chastity across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common