Definition of chaste Chaste

/ʧejˈst/ - [cheyst] - chaste

We found 14 definitions of chaste from 6 different sources.

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What does chaste mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

chaste, chaster, chastest

chaste - morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste"
  unchaste not chaste; "unchaste conduct"
  moral concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"
  pure in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
  virtuous morally excellent
  sexual morality, chastity, virtue abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
  virginity the condition or quality of being a virgin
  celibate, continent abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"
chaste - abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
  moral concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"
chaste - pure and simple in design or style; "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"
  plain lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • chaste (a.)
    Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.
  • chaste (a.)
    Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.
  • chaste (a.)
    Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art.
  • chaste (a.)
    Unmarried.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • chaste
    Pure in thought and act.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • chaste
    chāst, adj. modest; refined; virtuous: pure in taste and style.—adv. Chaste′ly.—ns. Chaste′ness, the quality of being chaste; Chas′tity, sexual purity: virginity: refinement of language: moderation. [O. Fr. chaste—L. castus, pure.]

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  • chaste, adjective.

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