celibacy

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˈsɛləbəsi/ See IPA manual

Freq #23990

Meanings

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noun
abstaining from sexual relations, for example because of religious vows

The followers of the religion were forced into a life of celibacy.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · abstaining from sexual... chastity

More sexlessness

Opposites

matrimony lustfulness

Word family

Derived forms anticelibacycelibacistincelibacy

Related forms abstinence asexualitybachelordomcelibate chaste chastity purity

Etymology

From Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), from caelebs (“unmarried”).

Topics

Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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