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rong> abstention from unlawful sexual intercourse
abstention from all sexual intercourse //The priest took a vow of chastity.
purity in conduct and intention //sought to protect her threatened chastity
restraint and simplicity in design or expression //… describes the familiar campaigns with an admirable chastity of diction. — Richard Brookhiser
  • personal integrity
    • Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms
    chasteness immaculacy innocence modesty purity
    Antonyms
    immodesty impurity unchasteness unchastity
    Examples
    • //a saint who is often held up as a model of chastity
    • //vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
    First Known Use
    13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
    History and Etymology
    Middle English chastete, chastite, borrowed from Anglo-French casthetet, chasteté, borrowed from Latin castitāt-, castitās, from castus "free from, free from vice, chaste" + -itāt-, -itās
    chastity
    noun

    Synonyms & Antonyms

    child​hood
    noun
    child·​hood
    ˈchī(-ə)ld-ˌhu̇d

    Definition

    • the state or period of being a child
    • the early period in the development of something
    Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms
    nonage springtime youth
    Antonyms
    adulthood
    Examples
    • //diseases that can occur in childhood
    • //Both men had unhappy childhoods.
    First Known Use
    before 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
    childhood
    noun

    Synonyms & Antonyms

    child​like
    adjective
    child·​like
    ˈchī(-ə)l(d)-ˌlīk

    Definition

    • resembling, suggesting, or appropriate to a child or childhood
      especially marked by innocence, trust, and ingenuousness //childlike delight
    Other Words
    • child​like​ness noun
    Examples
    • //a grown woman with a childlike face
    • //We gazed at it in childlike wonder.
    • //She took a childlike glee in describing every detail.
    First Known Use
    1577, in the meaning defined above
    childlike
    adjective

    Synonyms & Antonyms