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Noun
/ˈCHastətē/,
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The state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or esp. from all, sexual intercourse,
  1. The state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or esp. from all, sexual intercourse
    • - vows of chastity
  1. abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
  2. virtue: morality with respect to sexual relations
  3. (chaste) morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste"
  4. (chaste) pure and simple in design or style; "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"
  5. Chastity is sexual behavior of a man or woman acceptable to the moral norms and guidelines of a culture, civilization, or religion.
  6. Chastity is both the name of a comic book character and series in which she is primarily featured. It was produced and published by Chaos! Comics and currently owned by Tales of Wonder.
  7. Chastity is a 1969 drama romance film starring American singer-actress Cher.
  8. Chastity is the first soundtrack album by American singer-actess Cher, released on June 1969 by Atco. It was released to promote and accompany the 1969 motion picture, Chastity. The album was a commercial failure.
  9. (The Chaste) The Chaste is a fictional mystical martial arts enclave led by Stick, that was created by Frank Miller in the pages of Daredevil for Marvel Comics. The Chaste live in a remote wilderness location that can only be accessed by climbing "The Wall", a sheer cliff. ...
  10. The state of abstaining from sexual intercourse before or outside of marriage; avoidance of sexual sins; the quality of being chaste; moral purity
  11. (Chaste) A person who has never voluntarily had sexual intercourse outside of marriage, such as unmarried virgins.
  12. (Chaste) a virgin. Romeo's biggest complaint seems to be that she won't pass on her beauty to future generations. What a wicked waste!
  13. (Chaste) inwardly pure. While this purity is inward in nature, it also affects a person's conduct (I Pet. 3:2) As commonly understood, the word chaste is applied to sexuality; the chaste person is innocent of sexual impurity, in desire, imagination, and action (II Cor. 11:2; Titus 2:5). ...
  14. (chaste) Innocent of immoral sexual acts.
  15. The condition of being of virtuous character
  16. In its general sense chastity does not mean abstinence from sexual activity as such, but rather moral sexual conduct. Marital chastity means faithfulness to one's spouse and moral conduct in marital relations. ...
  17. "Neither their (the Muslims') tenets nor their practice will in any respect bear to come into competition with Christian, or even with Jewish morality. ... ...
  18. The idea of chastity as a chivalric virtue was added chiefly by the religious orders of knighthood, the Templars and Hospitallers, who took a vow of chastity as a part of their monastic role. ...
  19. is a virtue concerning the state of purity of the mind and body. Chastity includes abstinence from sexual intimacy for the unmarried, and faithfulness to a marriage partner. Pre-marital virginity (abstinence) is the form of chastity expected of young people. ...
  20. The virtue and vow by which a religious directs his/her sexuality in a non-generative and non-exclusive way as a faith expression of total commitment to Christ.
  21. The obligation of living a celibate lifestyle within community.
  22. "... The chief name of all balance and interchange and union of the virtues in the flesh was chastity; for chastity was precisely the name of its union with the incarnation ... chastity is the obedience to and relation with the adorable central body ..." (from: The Forgiveness of Sins)
  23. One hilarious scene. Many confusing scenes. If you watch it over and over you begin to piece it together—but don't hurt yourself.
  24. The moral virtue which, under the cardinal virtue of temperance, provides for the successful integration of sexuality within the person leading to the inner unity of the bodily and spiritual being. Chastity is called one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit.