01 n. The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.
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The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.“She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity.” — T. Carew.
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Moral purity.“So dear to heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sicerely so A thousand liveried angels lackey her.” — Milton.
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The unmarried life; celibacy.[Obs.]
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Chasteness.(Literature & Art)