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Chast vs Chaste - What's the difference?

chast | chaste |

As a verb chast

is (obsolete) to chasten.

As an adjective chaste is

abstaining from sexual intercourse, celibate.

chast

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) to chasten

    • Derived terms

    * chastness

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    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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