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Chaste is a related term of abstinent.


As an adjective chaste

is abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate.

As a noun abstinent is

(usually|capitalized|religion|historical) one of a sect who appeared in france and spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence towards meat and sex.

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

    Anagrams

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    abstinent

    English

    Etymology 1

    * First attested in the late 14th century. From (etyl), from (etyl) abstinent, from (etyl) . * See abstain

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) abstinent (adjective form).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who abstains; a faster.
  • (usually, capitalized, religion, historical) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence towards meat and sex.

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