chastity
noun#14,215
Translations
- 純潔じゅんけつ
- 貞潔ていけつ
- 貞淑ていしゅく
- 貞節ていせつ
English definition
- abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
Examples
- God, please give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
- Much of the modern resistance to chastity comes from men's belief that they "own" their bodies.