chastity
noun
[ ˈtʃastɪti ]
• the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse.
• "vows of chastity"
Similar:
celibacy,
chasteness,
virginity,
abstinence,
self-restraint,
self-denial,
singleness,
maidenhood,
the unmarried state,
innocence,
purity,
virtue,
goodness,
decency,
morality,
decorum,
modesty,
wholesomeness,
immaculateness,
continence,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French chastete, from Latin castitas, from castus ‘morally pure’ (see chaste).
