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Becoming vs Chaste - What's the difference?

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Becoming is a related term of chaste.


As adjectives the difference between becoming and chaste

is that becoming is pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous while chaste is abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate.

As a verb becoming

is .

As a noun becoming

is (chiefly|philosophy) the act or process in which something becomes.

becoming

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, philosophy) The act or process in which something becomes.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous
  • decent, respectable
  • chaste

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate
  • virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience
  • simple, austere, undecorative
  • a chaste style in composition or art
  • modest, decent, morally pure
  • a chaste''' mind; '''chaste eyes

    Usage notes

    * Married couples are often exhorted to have "chaste sex"--compare the Vatican encyclical Casti Connubii (Of Chaste Wedlock ).

    Derived terms

    * chastity

    See also

    * pure

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