Chastity

n.	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.
	4.	(Literature & Art) Chasteness.

Noun	1.	chastity - abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) Synonyms: sexual abstention, celibacy
	2.	chastity - morality with respect to sexual relations Synonyms: sexual morality, virtue

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