Chastity
Pronunciation : Chas"ti*ty
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. chastet?, fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See Chaste.]
Definition : 1. The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse. She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. T. Carew.
2. Moral purity. So dear to heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sicerely so A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.
3. The unmarried life; celibacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. (Literature & Art)
Defn: Chasteness.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913