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n. Abstinence from sexual intercourse, especially by reason of religious vows.

n. The condition of being unmarried.

n. Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.

n. Abstaining from sexual relations.

n. The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.

n. The state of being celibate or unmarried; a single life; voluntary abstention from marriage: as, the celibacy of the clergy.

n. an unmarried status

n. abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

"Pope Benedict XVI said that the Vatican's recent sex-abuse crisis might prompt aspiring priests to question the Catholic Church's requirement that clergy be celibate, wading for the first time into a debate over whether priestly celibacy is partly to blame for the abuse."

condition    status    abstinence   

chaste    chastity    purity    bachelordom    abstinence   

celibate   

singleness    celibate    virginity   

abstinence    chastity    asceticism    penance    virginity    polygamy    renunciation    monogamy    continence    austerity