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   chaste

   /CHāst/

   adjective

   • 1. abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse: "what is required of celibate Catholic clergy is to remain chaste" Similar virginalvirginintactmaidenlymaidenunmarriedunwedcelibateabstinentself-restrainedself-denyingnunlikeinnocentpurepure as the driven snowguiltlesssinlessfree of sinuncorruptedincorruptuncontaminatedundefiledunsulliedvirtuousgooddecentmoralproperdecorousdemuremodestwholesomeuprightinformal:squeaky cleanimmaculateliterary:vestalrare:continentOpposite promiscuousimmoral
   • ▪ not having any sexual nature or intention: "a chaste, consoling embrace" Similar nonsexualfriendlyplatonicinnocentOpposite passionate
   • ▪ without unnecessary ornamentation; simple or restrained: "the dark, chaste interior was lightened by tilework" Similar plainsimplebareunadornedundecoratedunornamentedunembellishedrestrainedunaffectedunpretentiousunfussyunclutteredfunctionalwithout frillsspartanaustereasceticmonasticinformal:no-frillsOpposite ostentatious

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin castus.

   Derivatives

   • 1. chastely adverb
   • 2. chasteness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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