What is another word for chastity?
846 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ t͡ʃˈastɪti], [ tʃˈastɪti], [ tʃ_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_t_i]
Chastity, which means abstaining from sexual relations or being pure in deeds and thoughts, has other words that can be used interchangeably. These include virtue, purity, innocence, modesty, and abstinence, among others. Virtue refers to moral excellence and righteous behavior. Purity, on the other hand, suggests being spotless and untarnished by immoral deeds. Innocence signifies being inexperienced or not having knowledge about sexual matters. Modesty refers to a person's humility and lack of arrogance. Finally, abstinence means intentionally refraining from any sexual activity. While these words may have slight differences in their meanings, they all point to the same idea of sexual restraint and moral purity.
Synonyms for Chastity:
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- good .
- abstainings ,
- asceticisms ,
- refrainings ,
- self control ,
- self denial ,
- self restraint ,
- selfdenial ,
- selfrestraint .
- chastenesses ,
- de termination ,
- de terminations ,
- de-termination ,
- de-terminations ,
- self discipline ,
- self disciplines ,
- self-disciplines ,
- selfdiscipline ,
- selfdisciplines .
- Loneness ,
- Monkhood ,
- Priestliness ,
- Refrainment ,
- abstemiousness ,
- aloneness ,
- bachelorhood ,
- intactness ,
- maidenhead ,
- maidenhood ,
- solitude ,
- spinsterhood ,
- virginity .
- honestnesses ,
- in corruption ,
- in corruptions ,
- in corruptness ,
- in corruptnesses ,
- in-corruption ,
- in-corruptions ,
- in-corruptness ,
- in-corruptnesses ,
- incorruptions ,
- incorruptnesses ,
- trustworthinesses ,
- up rightness ,
- up rightnesses ,
- up-rightness ,
- up-rightnesses .
- Pruderies ,
- discreetness ,
- humbleness ,
- inhibition ,
- lack of pretension ,
- prudery ,
- self-effacement ,
- timidity ,
- unobtrusiveness .
- Aboriginality ,
- Elementariness ,
- angelicness ,
- blamelessness ,
- essentiality ,
- faultlessness ,
- fundamentality ,
- goodness ,
- guiltlessness ,
- honorableness ,
- immaculateness ,
- probity ,
- purity ,
- simplicity ,
- virtuousness ,
- whiteness .
Other synonyms:
- celibate ,
- chaste ,
- chastity belt ,
- frigid ,
- sexless ,
- undersexed .
Other relevant words:
- abide by ,
- absolved ,
- acceptable ,
- accolade ,
- acquit ,
- actual ,
- adept ,
- admiration ,
- admittedly ,
- adorn ,
- affability ,
- affableness ,
- airiness ,
- all the way ,
- allay ,
- alleviate ,
- allow ,
- amiableness ,
- appreciation ,
- appropriate ,
- arctic ,
- arrant ,
- articulateness ,
- ascesis ,
- assoil ,
- attaint ,
- authorise ,
- authorize ,
- average ,
- avowedly ,
- award ,
- backlog ,
- bang-up ,
- bare ,
- barren ,
- bazaar ,
- be known as ,
- beau ideal ,
- beauteousness ,
- beautify ,
- beneficial ,
- blandness ,
- blank ,
- bleakness ,
- blessing ,
- bonhomie ,
- bonnie ,
- bonny ,
- book ,
- brighten ,
- bring in ,
- brush up ,
- bully ,
- burnish ,
- candidness ,
- candour ,
- carnival ,
- catamenia ,
- cease ,
- childlike ,
- chilliness ,
- chromium steel ,
- circumspection ,
- civilisation ,
- civilization ,
- clean and jerk ,
- clean house ,
- clean-cut ,
- clean-handed ,
- clean-living ,
- cleanse ,
- clear up ,
- clear-cut ,
- cleared ,
- clearly ,
- close ,
- coating ,
- cold ,
- comely ,
- comfort ,
- commodity ,
- complete ,
- conclusion ,
- confessedly ,
- constraint ,
- consummate ,
- continency ,
- control ,
- coolness ,
- corking ,
- correctitude ,
- course ,
- coyness ,
- cracking ,
- crystalise ,
- crystalize ,
- crystallise ,
- crystallize ,
- cultism ,
- cultivation ,
- culture ,
- current ,
- daintiness ,
- dainty ,
- dandy ,
- dead on target ,
- dear ,
- debauched ,
- decently ,
- decipherable ,
- deck ,
- decorate ,
- deference ,
- degenerate ,
- degraded ,
- dependable ,
- deserve ,
- deservingness ,
- desolation ,
- destination ,
- destitute ,
- devoid ,
- devotedness ,
- dewy-eyed ,
- differentiation ,
- dim-witted ,
- diplomacy ,
- discase ,
- discernment ,
- discharge ,
- discretion ,
- disgrace ,
- dishonor ,
- dishonour ,
- disinvest ,
- disrobe ,
- dissipated ,
- dissolute ,
- divest ,
- dodging ,
- double-dyed ,
- dowdiness ,
- down ,
- downrightness ,
- drabness ,
- earmark ,
- earn ,
- earnest ,
- easiness ,
- easing ,
- eat up ,
- echt ,
- effacement ,
- effective ,
- elaboration ,
- elementary ,
- eloquence ,
- elucidate ,
- embellish ,
- eminence ,
- end ,
- end up ,
- ending ,
- enlighten ,
- erectness ,
- essentialness ,
- estimable ,
- ethical motive ,
- ethics ,
- evenhandedly ,
- everlasting ,
- excellency ,
- exculpate ,
- exculpated ,
- existent ,
- exonerate ,
- exonerated ,
- expert ,
- facile ,
- facilitate ,
- fair-mindedness ,
- fairish ,
- fairly ,
- fairness ,
- faithfulness ,
- fall ,
- fasting ,
- favoritism ,
- favouritism ,
- feed ,
- fetch up ,
- finale ,
- fine-tune ,
- fineness ,
- finesse ,
- finis ,
- finish up ,
- finishing ,
- firm ,
- fitness ,
- fitting ,
- flow rate ,
- flowing ,
- flux ,
- flying ,
- forbiddance ,
- forthrightness ,
- fragility ,
- frankness ,
- free ,
- free grace ,
- fresh ,
- fri ,
- frigidity ,
- frosty ,
- frozen ,
- full ,
- full-strength ,
- funfair ,
- gain ,
- gelid ,
- geniality ,
- girlhood ,
- glacial ,
- gloss ,
- glossiness ,
- goal ,
- good humor ,
- good temper ,
- good will ,
- goodwill ,
- goody ,
- grace of god ,
- grace period ,
- gradualness ,
- gravitas ,
- great ,
- groovy ,
- gross ,
- grundyism ,
- guiltless ,
- gustation ,
- gustatory modality ,
- gustatory perception ,
- gustatory sensation ,
- hang ,
- happiness ,
- hold ,
- holy place ,
- honorable ,
- honourableness ,
- houseclean ,
- humility ,
- hymen ,
- iciness ,
- icy ,
- idealism ,
- idol ,
- ignominy ,
- illuminate ,
- immaculate ,
- immobile ,
- impeccant ,
- in effect ,
- in force ,
- inculpability ,
- inculpableness ,
- inexperienced person ,
- informality ,
- ingenuous ,
- ingenuousness ,
- innocuous ,
- just ,
- justness ,
- keen ,
- kickshaw ,
- know as ,
- land up ,
- last ,
- laurels ,
- lawful ,
- leanness ,
- libertine ,
- light ,
- light up ,
- literal ,
- loneliness ,
- lonesomeness ,
- longanimity ,
- look on ,
- look upon ,
- lordliness ,
- loveliness ,
- low temperature ,
- loyal ,
- maidhood ,
- make ,
- make clean ,
- man and wife ,
- marriage ceremony ,
- married couple ,
- material ,
- matrimony ,
- mediocre ,
- menses ,
- menstruate ,
- menstruation ,
- mere ,
- meritoriousness ,
- middling ,
- mildness ,
- military reserve ,
- mitigation ,
- moderateness ,
- modestness ,
- money plant ,
- monogamousness ,
- morals ,
- mouthful ,
- naiveness ,
- nakedness ,
- ne plus ultra ,
- near ,
- net ,
- neuter ,
- nice ,
- nicety ,
- nifty ,
- noble-mindedness ,
- nonindulgence ,
- nonsexual ,
- not bad ,
- note ,
- nuance ,
- obedience ,
- obscureness ,
- observe ,
- old ,
- on-key ,
- open ,
- orderly ,
- ornament ,
- paragon ,
- pass ,
- patience ,
- peachy ,
- peel ,
- pellucidness ,
- penchant ,
- perceptiveness ,
- percipient ,
- perfect ,
- period ,
- perspicuousness ,
- phalacrosis ,
- pick ,
- pity ,
- plum ,
- plumb ,
- polar ,
- polish off ,
- polish up ,
- practiced ,
- predilection ,
- preeminence ,
- preference ,
- primness ,
- prise ,
- prize ,
- proficient ,
- profligate ,
- prohibition ,
- properly ,
- prudishness ,
- pull in ,
- purdah ,
- purification ,
- quick ,
- rate of flow ,
- rattling ,
- readable ,
- real number ,
- realise ,
- realize ,
- really ,
- reasonable ,
- refine ,
- refining ,
- regard ,
- regard as ,
- relaxation ,
- reliable ,
- relief ,
- relieve ,
- repose ,
- reputation ,
- reservation ,
- respectable ,
- respectfulness ,
- rest ,
- reward ,
- right ,
- rightful ,
- riotous ,
- ripe ,
- round ,
- round off ,
- round-eyed ,
- run ,
- sack ,
- sack up ,
- safe ,
- salutary ,
- sample ,
- sanctity ,
- sanctum ,
- satinpod ,
- satisfactory ,
- saturated ,
- saving grace ,
- savor ,
- savour ,
- scavenge ,
- secernment ,
- second-stringer ,
- secure ,
- self-control ,
- self-denial ,
- self-regard ,
- self-respect ,
- self-worth ,
- sense of taste ,
- serious ,
- set aside ,
- shade ,
- shed light on ,
- shine ,
- shunning ,
- sightly ,
- silver dollar ,
- simmpleness ,
- simple mindedness ,
- simple-minded ,
- simpleness ,
- simpleton ,
- sinless ,
- skilful ,
- skillful ,
- slap-up ,
- slick ,
- slightness ,
- smack ,
- smashing ,
- smooth ,
- smoothen ,
- sobriety ,
- sodding ,
- softness ,
- solemn ,
- solitariness ,
- solve ,
- sort out ,
- sound ,
- soundly ,
- sparseness ,
- sparsity ,
- sporting ,
- sportsmanlike ,
- sporty ,
- spousal relationship ,
- spruceness ,
- stainless steel ,
- staring ,
- stark ,
- starkness ,
- state of grace ,
- still ,
- stockpile ,
- stolidity ,
- stolidness ,
- stop ,
- stopping point ,
- straight ,
- straighten out ,
- straightness ,
- stream ,
- strip ,
- strip down ,
- suaveness ,
- suavity ,
- substantial ,
- substitute ,
- subtlety ,
- suppression ,
- swell ,
- take in ,
- take to be ,
- tangible ,
- taste perception ,
- taste sensation ,
- tasting ,
- teetotaling ,
- temperateness ,
- terminate ,
- thanksgiving ,
- think of ,
- thinness ,
- thorough ,
- thoroughgoing ,
- thoroughly ,
- tidiness ,
- tight ,
- timidness ,
- timorousness ,
- top ,
- trade good ,
- transparent ,
- treat ,
- true up ,
- truehearted ,
- trustiness ,
- truthful ,
- try ,
- try out ,
- turning away ,
- unacquainted ,
- uncase ,
- unclothe ,
- unclouded ,
- uncloudedness ,
- unclutter ,
- uncomplicated ,
- uncontaminating ,
- uncorrupted ,
- undecomposed ,
- unfeigned ,
- unimportance ,
- uninfected ,
- union ,
- unity ,
- unmortgaged ,
- unobjectionable ,
- unproblematic ,
- unspoiled ,
- unspoilt ,
- unstained ,
- unsubdivided ,
- unsullied ,
- untainted ,
- untarnished ,
- upright ,
- utter ,
- value ,
- veneration ,
- veridical ,
- verticality ,
- verticalness ,
- very ,
- vestal ,
- vindicated ,
- virgin ,
- virginal ,
- virginal membrane ,
- volubility ,
- wedding ,
- wedlock ,
- well ,
- well-defined ,
- white ,
- wholeness ,
- wide-eyed ,
- wind up ,
- wintry .
- Classicalism ,
- Elegancy ,
- Gracility ,
- Impeccability ,
- Lowliness ,
- Nephalism ,
- Pucelage ,
- Pudicity ,
- Refraining ,
- absoluteness ,
- abstainment ,
- abstention ,
- amiability ,
- appropriateness ,
- avoidance ,
- banyan day ,
- chasteness ,
- classicism ,
- clean ,
- cleanliness ,
- clear ,
- clearness ,
- comeliness ,
- continence ,
- continent ,
- correctness ,
- decent ,
- decorousness ,
- decorum ,
- demureness ,
- devotion ,
- dignity ,
- discrimination ,
- distinction ,
- ease ,
- elegance ,
- eschewal ,
- esteem ,
- excellence ,
- fair ,
- fast ,
- felicitousness ,
- felicity ,
- feminine modesty ,
- fidelity ,
- finish ,
- fittingness ,
- flawlessness ,
- flow ,
- fluency ,
- forbearance ,
- fruitarianism ,
- genuine ,
- good name ,
- good report ,
- good taste ,
- grace ,
- gracefulness ,
- guileless ,
- guilelessness ,
- gymnosophy ,
- holiness ,
- holy ,
- homeliness ,
- honest ,
- honesty ,
- honor ,
- honour ,
- immaculacy ,
- incorrupt ,
- infallibility ,
- innocent ,
- integrity ,
- limpidity ,
- lucidity ,
- merit ,
- monogamy ,
- moral excellence ,
- naivete ,
- naturalness ,
- neat ,
- neatness ,
- pellucidity ,
- perfection ,
- perspicuity ,
- polish ,
- properness ,
- propriety ,
- pure ,
- pureness ,
- real ,
- rectitude ,
- repute ,
- reserve ,
- respect ,
- restraint ,
- reticence ,
- righteousness ,
- rightness ,
- satin flower ,
- seemliness ,
- self-restraint ,
- shame ,
- simple ,
- sincere ,
- smoothness ,
- stainless ,
- stainlessness ,
- stoicism ,
- straightforwardness ,
- taciturnity ,
- taintlessness ,
- taste ,
- tastefulness ,
- teetotalism ,
- temperance ,
- true ,
- unadulterated ,
- unaffectedness ,
- unalloyed ,
- undefiled ,
- undress ,
- uprightness ,
- vegetarianism ,
- virtue ,
- virtuous .
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How to use "Chastity" in context?
The term chastity can refer to a number of things: sexual abstinence before marriage, being faithful to one's partner during sex, being sexually abstinent after marriage. All of these concepts share a focus on sexual abstinence before marriage.
No one really knows when the practice of chastity began. It is most likely that it has its roots in many ancient civilizations and religions. One of the most popular theories is that chastity was initially a way to keep men from becoming sexual aggressors. Essentially, by keeping the men sexually restrained, society could be less likely to see violence and chaos in society.
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