Another word for chaste
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Adjective
Morally beyond reproach, especially in sexual conduct
- Having or showing virtue, especially moral excellence:
- Chaste:
- Relating to, characteristic of, or befitting a virgin.
- Untouched or unsullied; fresh:
- Inexperienced:
- A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse.
- A female virgin. Used chiefly in historical contexts.
- The Virgin Mary.
- Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed:
- Free of dirt, pollutants, infectious agents, or other unwanted elements:
- Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous:
- Pleasing and agreeable in nature:
- Having a pleasant or attractive appearance:
- Exhibiting courtesy and politeness:
- Having or showing a moderate estimation of one's own abilities, accomplishments, or value:
- Having or proceeding from a disinclination to call attention to oneself; retiring or diffident:
- Observing conventional proprieties in speech, behavior, or dress, especially in the avoidance of arousing sexual interest.
- Characterized by conformity to recognized standards of propriety or morality:
- Morally upright; moral or respectable:
- Kind or obliging:
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Another word for chaste
Modifier
Restrained
- Without adornment or embellishment; simple or plain.
- Possessing or indicative of discipline:
- subdue
- reduced or low in intensity; muted
- quiet or withdrawn
- Marked by or exhibiting the characteristics of a prude; priggish.
- Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
- Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
- Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:
- Of or relating to institutionalized education and scholarship, especially at a college or university.
- Of or relating to studies that rely on reading and involve abstract thought rather than being primarily practical or technical.
- Relating to scholarly performance:
- Of or relating to Sparta or its people.
- Rigorously self-disciplined or self-restrained.
- Simple, frugal, or austere:
- Having or showing a moderate estimation of one's own abilities, accomplishments, or value:
- Having or proceeding from a disinclination to call attention to oneself; retiring or diffident:
- Observing conventional proprieties in speech, behavior, or dress, especially in the avoidance of arousing sexual interest.
- Having few parts or features; not complicated or elaborate:
- Easy to understand, do, or carry out:
- Having or composed of only one thing, element, or part:
- Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed:
- Free of dirt, pollutants, infectious agents, or other unwanted elements:
- Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous:
- Of or relating to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, architecture, and literature.
- Conforming to the artistic and literary models of ancient Greece and Rome.
- Versed in the classics:
- Belonging to the highest rank or class.
- Serving as the established model or standard:
- Having lasting significance or worth; enduring.
Morally pure
- (simile) extremely pure; totally pure (typically "pure" in the sense of "virtuous").
- Characterized by or exhibiting decorum; proper:
- Conducive to or indicative of good health or well-being; salutary:
- Conducive to or promoting social or moral well-being, especially in reflecting conventional moral values:
- Perfectly clean:
- Free from flaw or imperfection; impeccable:
- Not contaminated:
- Free from stain, blemish, evil or corruption; immaculate; uncorrupted.
- Lacking blemishes or faults:
- Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled:
- Free from foreign matter or pollution; unadulterated:
- Not infected:
- Not dyed or discolored.
- Pure, pristine, clean, immaculate, unadulterated.
- Impeccably clean; spotless:
- Free from sin.
- Free from fault or error:
- Relating to, characteristic of, or befitting a virgin.
- Untouched or unsullied; fresh:
- Inexperienced:
- Uncorrupted by evil, malice, or wrongdoing; sinless:
- Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless:
- Within, allowed by, or sanctioned by the law; lawful.
- Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed:
- Free of dirt, pollutants, infectious agents, or other unwanted elements:
- Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous:
- Characterized by appropriateness or suitability; fitting:
- Called for by rules or conventions; correct:
- Strictly following rules or conventions, especially in social behavior; seemly:
- Characterized by conformity to recognized standards of propriety or morality:
- Morally upright; moral or respectable:
- Kind or obliging:
- Having or showing a moderate estimation of one's own abilities, accomplishments, or value:
- Having or proceeding from a disinclination to call attention to oneself; retiring or diffident:
- Observing conventional proprieties in speech, behavior, or dress, especially in the avoidance of arousing sexual interest.
- Having or showing virtue, especially moral excellence:
- Chaste:
- Of or concerned with the judgment of right or wrong of human action and character:
- Teaching or exhibiting goodness or correctness of character and behavior:
- Conforming to standards of what is right or just in behavior; virtuous:
Sexually abstinent
- Not married.
- Not married; having no spouse.
- One who is not married.
- Relating to, characteristic of, or befitting a virgin.
- Untouched or unsullied; fresh:
- Inexperienced:
- Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak.
- Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless:
- Incapable of sexual intercourse because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection.
- Extremely cold.
- Lacking warmth of feeling.
- Stiff and formal in manner:
- Having or showing virtue, especially moral excellence:
- Chaste:
- Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
- Simple past tense and past participle of control.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy:
- Friendly or affectionate without involving sexual relations:
- Speculative or theoretical.
- Eating and drinking in moderation.
- Characterized by abstinence or moderation:
- Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- One of the principal land masses of the earth, usually regarded as including Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
- The mainland of Europe. Used with the.
- Abstaining from sexual relations.
- Remaining unmarried, especially for religious reasons.
- One who abstains from sexual relations.
- A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse.
- A female virgin. Used chiefly in historical contexts.
- The Virgin Mary.
Antonyms:
Synonym Study
- Modest and decent are both applied to propriety in behavior, dress, bearing, or speech as exhibiting moral purity
- Pure implies chastity through innocence and an absence of seductive influences rather than through self-restraint
- Chaste and virtuous , in this connection, imply forbearance from acts or thoughts that do not accord with virginity or strict marital fidelity
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