n. The state or quality of being chaste; the state of being guiltless of unlawful sexual intercourse; sexual purity.n. Celibacy; the unmarried state.n. Abstinence from lawful indulgence of sexual intercourse; continence due to a religious motive.n. Freedom from obscenity, depravity, or impurity, as in thought, language, or life; moral purity.n. Purity and simplicity of style in writing.—n. In art, freedom from meretricious ornament or affectation.