chastity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Vow made, usually because of moral or religious beliefs, to abstain from sexual relations.

   They weighed the pros and cons before vowing to a life of chastity.

From Middle English chastite, from Old French chasteté, a semi-learned adaptation of Latin castitas, equivalent to chaste + -ity.

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