CHASTITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

Synonyms:

celibacy; chastity; sexual abstention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("chastity" 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)

Derivation:

chaste (abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse)

Meaning:

Morality with respect to sexual relations

Synonyms:

chastity; sexual morality; virtue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

morality (concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct)

Attribute:

chaste (morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse))

unchaste (not chaste)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chastity"):

honor; honour; pureness; purity (a woman's virtue or chastity)

Derivation:

chaste (morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse))