celibacy
noun
[ ˈsɛlɪbəsi ]
• the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations.
• "a priest who had taken a vow of celibacy"
Similar:
chastity,
virginity,
maidenhood,
maidenhead,
abstinence,
self-denial,
self-restraint,
abnegation,
asceticism,
the unmarried state,
singleness,
bachelorhood,
spinsterhood,
monkhood,
nunhood,
monasticism,
single blessedness,
continence,
