Chastity - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Chastity : (noun)
1: abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) [syn: celibacy, sexual abstention]
2: morality with respect to sexual relations [syn: virtue, sexual morality]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Chastity : \Chas"ti*ty\, n. [F. chastet['e], fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See Chaste.] 1. The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.

She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. --T. Carew.

2. Moral purity.

So dear to heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sicerely so A thousand liveried angels lackey her. --Milton.

3. The unmarried life; celibacy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

4. (Literature & Art) Chasteness.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Chastity
	kenjamd: How many days 'til delivery? RT @MsAllieD: Infidelity is all the rage this Christmas. Getting my husband a Chastity belt, just to be safe.
	kenjamd: Hey @MsAllieD, How can I retweet that to my tweet-hearts? Please make the Chastity belt tweet shorter. :^D
	msallied: It seems to me that infidelity is all the rage this Christmas. Think I might get my husband a Chastity belt for Christmas, just to be safe.

Chastity - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Chastity