Chaste

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest.
  • adj. Not having experienced sexual intercourse; virginal.
  • adj. Abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse.
  • adj. Abstaining from all sexual intercourse; celibate.
  • adj. Pure or simple in design or style; austere.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate
  • adj. virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience
  • adj. simple, austere, undecorative
  • adj. modest, decent, morally pure
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.
  • adj. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest.
  • adj. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple.
  • adj. Unmarried.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Possessing chastity or sexual purity; continent; virtuous; pure.
  • Celibate; unmarried.
  • Free from obscenity or impurity: as, chaste conversation.
  • In a figurative sense: As applied to language and literary style, free from uncouth or equivocal words and phrases, and from affected or extravagant expressions; not affected or grandiloquent.
  • In art, free from meretricious ornament or affectation; severely simple.
  • To chasten; discipline; punish; chastise. See chasten and chastise, which have taken the place of this verb.
  • To reduce to submission; tame.
  • To bring or keep under control; restrain, as the passions.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
  • adj. morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
  • adj. pure and simple in design or style
  • Equivalent
    moral    pure    celibate    virginal    vestal    virtuous    continent    virgin    plain   
    Cross Reference
    pure    proper    chaste week   
    Form
    chastity   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    immaculate    pure    undefiled    virtuous    spotless    continent    innocent    modest    correct    refined   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    aced    based    baste    braced    chased    debased    defaced    disgraced    displaced    distaste   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    virtuous    sober    manly    thoughtful    courteous    truthful    tranquil    temperate    gentle    austere