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Meaning of Chastity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈt͡ʃastɪti

Definitions

The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.
countable, uncountable
A female given name from English from the virtue chastity.
rare

Equivalents

العربية العفّة صيانة طهارة عفة فرج

Беларуская няві́ннасць цнатлі́васць

Български непорочност целомъдрие

Bosanski čednost čistoća nevinost невиност чедност чистоћа

Català castedat

Čeština cudnost

Deutsch Keuschheit

Ελληνικά αγνεία αγνότητα

Esperanto ĉasteco

Español castidad

فارسی پاکدامنی عفت

Suomi siveys

Français chasteté

Galego castidade

हिन्दी शुचिता

Hrvatski čednost čistoća nevinost невиност чедност чистоћа

Magyar szüzesség

Bahasa Indonesia kemurnian kesederhanaan kesucian

Italiano castità

日本語操純潔貞貞操貞淑貞潔

ខ្មែរ ព្រហ្មចារិភាព

한국어 순결 정결 정숙 정조

Latina castitās pudicitia

Latviešu šķīstība

Македонски чедност

Nederlands kuisheid zedigheid

Polski cnota cnotliwość czystość nieskalaność

Português castidade

Română castitate

Русский неви́нность непорочность целому́дрие

Српски čednost čistoća nevinost невиност чедност чистоћа

Svenska ärbarhet kyskhet renhet

ไทย ความบริสุทธิ์ พรหมจรรย์

Türkçe iffet ırz namus

ئۇيغۇرچە ئىپپەت

Українська невинність непоро́чність цнота цнотли́вість

Oʻzbekcha iffat

Tiếng Việt bình dị trinh tiết

Examples

“The monk took a vow of chastity.”

“vow of chastity”

“virtue and chastity”

“In Catholic doctrine, the virtue of chastity is taken to be the principal foil to everyone's favourite deadly sin, lust.”

“Since she was saddled with that awful name, Chastity Bono has given her parents much grief over it. "It helps to get into a show or something, but most of the time it's a pain," she told McCall's. The girl blames mama Cher who was inspired by a movie.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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