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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
Synonyms
Examples for "celibacy"
Examples for "celibacy"
1
Which went a long way toward explaining his prolonged celibacy of late.
Here comes trouble
2
Sir, - Let us clarify this celibacy debate once and for all.
The Irish Times
3
I decided to give celibacy a try and I am doing great.
Oh lord, help me keep my panties on
4
In two words: Popery drives to celibacy, the Reformation establishes the family.
Catherine De Medici
5
About 50 per cent of both homosexual and heterosexual priests practise celibacy.
The Irish Times
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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Translations for chastity
Chastity through the time
Chastity across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common