chastity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
    sexual abstention; celibacy.
  2. noun morality with respect to sexual relations
    sexual morality; virtue.

WordNet

Chas"ti*ty noun
Etymology
F. chasteté, fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See Chaste.
Definitions
  1. The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.
    She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. T. Carew.
  2. Moral purity.
    So dear to heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sicerely so A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.
  3. The unmarried life; celibacy. Obs. Chaucer.
  4. (Literature & Art) Chasteness.

Webster 1913