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Piety vs Chastity - What's the difference?

piety | chastity |

As nouns the difference between piety and chastity

is that piety is reverence and devotion to God while chastity is the state of abstaining from sexual intercourse before or outside of marriage; avoidance of sexual sins; the quality of being chaste; moral purity.

As a proper noun Chastity is

{{given name|female|from=English}} from the virtue chastity.

piety

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) reverence and devotion to God
    • Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.
  • (uncountable) similar reverence to one's parents and family
  • (countable) a devout act or thought

    • Derived terms

    * filial piety

    Related terms

    * pious *

    chastity

    English

    (chastity)

    Noun

    (chastities)
  • The state of abstaining from sexual intercourse before or outside of marriage; avoidance of sexual sins; the quality of being chaste; moral purity.

    • See also

    * asexuality

    Antonyms

    * inchastity, unchastity * lust * promiscuity

    Derived terms

    * chastity belt

    References

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