tɪ noun
the state or quality of being chaste.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the state of being chaste; purity |
| 2. | abstention from sexual intercourse; virginity or celibacy: a vow of chastity |
| [C13: from Old French chasteté, from Latin castitās, from castus | |
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chastity
early 13c., "virginity, celibacy," from O.Fr. chastité, from L. castitatem "purity," from castus (see caste).
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