chastity

noun
/ˈt͡ʃastɪti/UK/ˈt͡ʃæstɪti/US/ˈt͡ʃeɪstɪti/

Etymology

From Middle English chastite, from Old French chasteté, a semi-learned adaptation of Latin castitas, equivalent to chaste + -ity.

  1. derived from castitas
  2. derived from chasteté
  3. inherited from chastite

Definitions

  1. The quality of being chaste

    The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.

    • The monk took a vow of chastity.
    • vow of chastity
    • virtue and chastity
  2. A female given name from English from the virtue chastity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at chastity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01chastity02chaste03pure04imperfections05imperfection06impurity07inchastity

A definitional loop anchored at chastity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at chastity

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA