chaste
adj.
celibate, pure, undefiled, modest, unaffected; virginal, not having had sexual intercourse; (Archaic) unmarried
Chastity
chaste
Adjective
1. morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste"
(antonym) unchaste
(similar) celibate, continent
(see-also) moral
(attribute) virtue, chastity, sexual morality
2. pure and simple in design or style; "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"
(similar) plain
3. abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
(similar) moral
chaste
adj.
chaste, pure; celibate
Chaste
(a.)
Unmarried.
(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.
(a.)
Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art.
(a.)
Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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