Chasten vs Celibate - What's the difference?
chasten | celibate |
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc.); to restrain, moderate
To make chaste; to purify.
To punish or reprimand for the sake of improvement; to discipline.
To render humble or restrained.
Not married.
(by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.
One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.
(obsolete) A celibate state; celibacy.
* Jeremy Taylor
As a verb chasten
is to punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc); to restrain, moderate.As an adjective celibate is
not married.As a noun celibate is
one who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.chasten
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Verb
(en verb)celibate
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
(-)- ''Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate .
Synonyms
* (not married) unmarried, single * (abstaining from sex) abstinent, chaste, pureDerived terms
* celibatelyNoun
(en noun)- He preferreth holy celibate before the estate of marrige.