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Chaste vs Chasse - What's the difference?

chaste | chasse |

As an adjective chaste

is abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate.

As a noun chassé is

a gliding movement in dance (especially ballet) with the same foot always leading.

As a verb chassé is

to perform this step.

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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    chasse

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dance) A gliding movement in dance (especially ballet) with the same foot always leading.

    • Verb

  • To perform this step.

    • See also

    * sashay

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