chaste
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7.4
- adjective
- /tʃeɪst/
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casto
- Make God a promise, right here and right now that we will remain pure and chaste until marriage.
- remain chaste
- chaste and pious
- chaste girl
But that doesn't mean that women are Victorian chaste prudes.
- But that doesn't mean that women are Victorian chaste prudes.
- And he says, well of course, but witches aren't always chaste, are they?
Examples
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In addition to her covered head and virtuously chaste costume, the Virgin wears a remarkable, elaborately knotted girdle.
Academic text (2005) -
To love pure and chaste from afar.
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We should remain chaste until marriage.
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It's just, I've never met a chaste girl before.
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I am the chaste and virtuous wife of another man.
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Her question, in two carefully chosen words, clarifies the status of her chaste body and mind.
Fiction book (1991) -
Their relationship was akin to a chaste marriage, an intellectual intimacy guarded by respect and trust.
Fiction book (2001) -
I dared to give him a chaste good-night kiss, on tiptoe, and he tightened his arm around me.
Fiction book (1992) -
Madame Adlade's attire is similarly well-suited to her noble and chaste persona.
Academic text (2007) -
We should remain chaste until marriage.
Synonyms
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1.4
Morally good and not involved in sexual activity
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9.6
Not having sex, especially before marriage
Being modest or shy about sexual matters
Antonyms
How Chaste
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chaste comes from the Latin word castus, which means 'pure' or 'clean', and it shares the same root as chastity. So to be chaste in the first sense is to avoid sex and stay 'pure' or morally clean.