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CELIBACY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)play

Synonyms:

celibacy; chastity; sexual abstention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("celibacy" is a kind of...):

abstinence (act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite)

Domain category:

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An unmarried statusplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("celibacy" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

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