1
as in purity
the quality or state of being morally pure
a saint who is often held up as a model of chastity
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as in celibacy
abstention from sexual intercourse
vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
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Recent Examples of chastity
The rules include abstaining from substances that are already forbidden by the LDS Church, practicing chastity, forgoing the use of profanity and following a dress code that prohibits men from wearing beards or goatees and requires skirts to be no shorter than knee-length.
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Ashley Hume, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025
The series eschews any sort of sexuality, with even Nico’s desires getting toned down to the point of total chastity.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Related Stories Robin Williams, who apparently has taken a vow of comic chastity since winning his Good Will Hunting Oscar, plays the robot who wants to be a man.
—Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
The disagreement surfaced in April 2023 after Olson accused their Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of breaking her chastity vows by having an online love affair with Father Philip Johnson, a former priest from the diocese in Raleigh, N.C., per Chron.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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Ashley Hume, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025
The series eschews any sort of sexuality, with even Nico’s desires getting toned down to the point of total chastity.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Related Stories Robin Williams, who apparently has taken a vow of comic chastity since winning his Good Will Hunting Oscar, plays the robot who wants to be a man.
—Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
The disagreement surfaced in April 2023 after Olson accused their Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of breaking her chastity vows by having an online love affair with Father Philip Johnson, a former priest from the diocese in Raleigh, N.C., per Chron.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chastity
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Analysts suggest Moscow could potentially take custody of Iran’s uranium enriched to 60% purity — a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90%.—
Matthew Lee and Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Western powers say Iran is refining uranium to a high degree of fissile purity beyond what is justifiable for a civilian energy programme and close to the level suitable for an atomic bomb.—
Guy Faulconbridge and Parisa Hafezi,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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In the medieval church, women’s roles were limited – usually some form of enclosure and celibacy, such as becoming an anchoress walled up alone for life, or a nun in a classic convent.—
Joelle Rollo-Koster,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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But Cole is resolute in his pre-marital celibacy.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2025
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If your health, your sense of yourself, and your general feeling-tone are improved by abstinence, more power to you.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2025
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In the United States, the dominant view on how to manage addiction has traditionally been that abstinence is the best solution.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Chastity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chastity. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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