Antonyms for chastity
ˈtʃæs tɪ tichasti·ty

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1. chastitynoun

   Antonyms:
   unchastity, inchastity, lust, promiscuity

2. chastitynoun

   from the virtue chastity.

   Antonyms:
   lust, promiscuity, unchastity, inchastity

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1. chastity

   Virtue (Latin virtus, primarily manly strength or courage, from vir, a man, a hero) is, in its full sense, goodness that is victorious through trial, perhaps through temptation and conflict. Goodness, the being morally good, may be much less than virtue, as lacking the strength that comes from trial and conflict, or it may be very much more than virtue, as rising sublimely above the possibility of temptation and conflict — the infantile as contrasted with the divine goodness. Virtue is distinctively human; we do not predicate it of God. Morality is conformity to the moral law in action, whether in matters concerning ourselves or others, whether with or without right principle. Honesty and probity are used especially of one's relations to his fellow men, probity being to honesty much what virtue in some respects is to goodness; probity is honesty tried and proved, especially in those things that are beyond the reach of legal requirement; above the commercial sense, honesty may be applied to the highest truthfulness of the soul to and with itself and its Maker. Integrity, in the full sense, is moral wholeness without a flaw; when used, as it often is, of contracts and dealings, it has reference to inherent character and principle, and denotes much more than superficial or conventional honesty. Honor is a lofty honesty that scorns fraud or wrong as base and unworthy of itself. Honor rises far above thought of the motto that "honesty is the best policy." Purity is freedom from all admixture, especially of that which debases; it is chastity both of heart and life, but of the life because from the heart. Duty, the rendering of what is due to any person or in any relation, is, in this connection, the fulfilment of moral obligation. Rectitude and righteousness denote conformity to the standard of right, whether in heart or act; righteousness is used especially in the religious sense. Uprightness refers especially to conduct. Virtuousness is a quality of the soul or of action; in the latter sense it is the essence of virtuous action. Compare INNOCENT; JUSTICE; RELIGION.

   Compare synonyms for SIN.

   Antonyms:
   evil, vice, viciousness, wickedness, wrong

   Synonyms:
   duty, excellence, faithfulness, goodness, honesty, honor, integrity, justice, morality, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, truth, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness, worth, worthiness

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1. chastity, celibacy, sexual abstentionnoun

   abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

   Synonyms:
   sexual abstention, sexual morality, virtue, celibacy

2. virtue, chastity, sexual moralitynoun

   morality with respect to sexual relations

   Synonyms:
   sexual morality, virtue, sexual abstention, moral excellence, celibacy, merit, virtuousness

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1. chastitynoun

   Synonyms:
   purity, virtue, continence

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chastity

   Synonyms:
   Celibacy, total abstinence

How to use chastity in a sentence?

1. The Vatican newspaper:

   The ogres were not exclusively men in cassocks. Paedophilia does not necessarily derive from a vow of chastity, but it is by now clear that there were too many people in the Church who were more worried about the image of the institution than the gravity of the act.

2. St. Jerome:

   For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.

3. George Santayana:

   Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.

4. Chekov of Tolstoy:

   Reason and Justice tell me that there is more love of man in electricity and steam, than in chastity and refusal to eat meat.

5. George Santayana:

   Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.

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