chastity
noun
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Examples of chastity in a Sentence
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
Misogyny was so endemic that Roman law focused on preserving a woman’s chastity rather than on punishing the perpetrator in the case of rape.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
Alden so often plays fun, likable guys, and Phoebe is best known for playing this paragon of chastity on Bridgerton.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2023
But the most inconceivable part of the show isn’t the chastity of these relationships or the lack of Euphoria-esque extracurriculars but the use of Instagram as a primary mode of communication.
—Bella Arnold, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2023
This was because Jalandhar, born from Shiva’s third eye, had previously won a boon from the god Brahma that his wife’s chastity would keep him invincible in any battle.
—Holly Walters, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2023
Brandan and Mary spent the night together in their shared bed — sleeping top to tail to preserve their chastity.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
Historically, women have been conditioned to act, behave, and dress in ways that uphold traditional euro-centric and often religious values such as Christianity, encouraging them to promote modesty, purity, and chastity.
—Shanetta McDonald, refinery29.com, 20 July 2023
Born the son of a wealthy merchant in Assisi, Francis devoted himself after a religious vision to a life of poverty, chastity and obedience.
—Perri Klass, New York Times, 5 July 2023
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Word History
Middle English chastete, chastite, borrowed from Anglo-French casthetet, chasteté, borrowed from Latin castitāt-, castitās, from castus "free from, free from vice, chaste" + -itāt-, -itās
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Chastity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chastity. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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