CHASTITY Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word chastity. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CHASTITY
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celibacy | nounn | |||||||
noun • an unmarried status • abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) | ||||||||
virtue | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong • any admirable quality or attribute • morality with respect to sexual relations • a particular moral excellence | ||||||||
abstinence | nounn | |||||||
noun • the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) • act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | ||||||||
continence | nounn | |||||||
noun • the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters • voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge | ||||||||
purity | nounn | |||||||
noun • being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material • the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil • a woman's virtue or chastity | ||||||||
sexual abstention | nounn | |||||||
noun • abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) | ||||||||
sexual morality | nounn | |||||||
noun • morality with respect to sexual relations |