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chas⋅ti⋅ty
[chas-ti-tee] 
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–noun
| the state or quality of being chaste. |
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| chas·ti·ty (chās'tĭ-tē) n.
[Middle English chastite, from Old French chastete, from Latin castitās, from castus, pure; see chaste.] |
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Chastity
Chas"ti*ty\, n. [F. chastet['e], fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See Chaste.]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. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. (Literature & Art) Chasteness.
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chastity
c.1225, "virginity, celibacy," from O.Fr. chastité, from L. castitatem "purity," from castus (see caste).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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