Chastity

n. purity, modesty

For information on erotic sexual denial or forced chastity, see those articles.Assuming the observance of chastity (i.e., no premarital sex), chastity is of particular relevance to the transition from unmarried to married status (here marriage is meant in the common sense, not in the sense of spiritual marriage). After all, for marriage it is necessary to find a partner for the express purpose of sexual intimacy. Broadly, there are two approaches: courtship and arranged marriage. Since courtship may involve acts which are in conflict with chastity, an arranged marriage is preferred by some people. Contrary to popular belief, arranged marriage is not very common in the Middle East but is common in parts of Africa and Asia.
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Noun
1. abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
(synonym) celibacy, sexual abstention
(hypernym) abstinence
(classification) religion, faith, religious belief
2. morality with respect to sexual relations
(synonym) virtue, sexual morality
(hypernym) morality
(hyponym) honor, honour, purity
(attribute) chaste

(n.)
The unmarried life; celibacy.
  

(n.)
The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.
  

(n.)
Moral purity.
  

(n.)
Chasteness.
  

The idea of chastity as a chivalric virtue was added chiefly by the religious orders of knighthood , the Templars and Hospitallers , who took a vow of chastity as a part of their monastic role. Chastity per se was not a part of secular chivalry, rather it was taken to be that knights should refrain from yielding to certain sinful draws of the flesh-i.e. Lusting after another man's wife. In the realm of courtly love , marriage was not necessarily a requirement for love. Ramon Lull counseled knights to forgo the sins of lust, but said nothing about complete abstention.