name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈt͡ʃastɪti/
US:/ˈt͡ʃæstɪti/
US:[ˈt͡ʃæstɪɾi]
obsolete:/ˈt͡ʃeɪstɪti/
Canada:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A female given name from English from the virtue chastity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The monk took a vow of chastity.
vow of chastity
virtue and chastity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: celibacy, sexual abstention
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: abstinence
4
noun
Meaning 4
morality with respect to sexual relations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: virtue, sexual morality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: morality
Narrower terms: honor, honour, purity, pureness
History
Etymology
From Middle English chastite, from Old French chasteté, a semi-learned adaptation of Latin castitas, equivalent to chaste + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
99 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
dëlirësi
— abstaining from sexual activity
Arabic:
عِفَّة
(ʕiffa)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Arabic:
طَهَارَة
(ṭahāra)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Armenian:
մաքրաբարոյություն
(makʻrabaroyutʻyun)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Asturian:
castidá
— abstaining from sexual activity
Azerbaijani:
iffət
— abstaining from sexual activity
Belarusian:
цнатлі́васць
(cnatlívascʹ)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Belarusian:
няві́ннасць
(njavínnascʹ)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Belarusian:
беззага́ннасць
(bjezzahánnascʹ)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Bengali:
সতীত্ব
(śotitto)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Bulgarian:
целомъ́дрие
(celomǎ́drie)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Bulgarian:
непоро́чност
(neporóčnost)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Catalan:
castedat
— abstaining from sexual activity
Chinese Mandarin:
貞節 /贞节
(zhēnjié)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Chinese Mandarin:
貞潔 /贞洁
(zhēnjié)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Chinese Mandarin:
貞操 /贞操
(zhēncāo)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Chinese Mandarin:
純潔 /纯洁
(chúnjié)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Czech:
cudnost
— abstaining from sexual activity
Danish:
kyskhed
— abstaining from sexual activity
Dutch:
zedigheid
— abstaining from sexual activity
Dutch:
kuisheid
— abstaining from sexual activity
Esperanto:
ĉasteco
— abstaining from sexual activity
Estonian:
vooruslikkus
— abstaining from sexual activity
Finnish:
siveys
— abstaining from sexual activity
French:
chasteté
— abstaining from sexual activity
Galician:
castidade
— abstaining from sexual activity
Georgian:
უბიწოება
(ubic̣oeba)
— abstaining from sexual activity
German:
Keuschheit
— abstaining from sexual activity
Gothic:
𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰
(swikniþa)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Greek:
αγνεία
(agneía)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Greek:
αγνότητα
(agnótita)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Ancient Greek:
ἁγνεία
(hagneía)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Hindi:
शुचिता
(śucitā)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Hindi:
सतीत्व
(satītva)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Hindi:
शुद्धता
(śuddhatā)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Hungarian:
szüzesség
— abstaining from sexual activity
Indonesian:
kesucian
— abstaining from sexual activity
Indonesian:
kemurnian
— abstaining from sexual activity
Indonesian:
kesederhanaan
— abstaining from sexual activity
Italian:
castità
— abstaining from sexual activity
Japanese:
貞潔
(teiketsu)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Japanese:
貞操
(teisō)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Japanese:
純潔
(junketsu)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Kazakh:
пәктік
(päktık)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Khmer:
ព្រហ្មចារិភាព
(prummĕəʼcaarephiəp)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Korean:
순결
(sun'gyeol)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Korean:
정조
(jeongjo)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Korean:
정결
(jeonggyeol)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Northern Kurdish:
îfet
— abstaining from sexual activity
Kyrgyz:
пакизалык
(pakizalık)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Kyrgyz:
тазалык
(tazalık)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Kyrgyz:
кыздык
(kızdık)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Lao:
ພົມມະຈັນ
(phom ma chan)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Latin:
castitās
— abstaining from sexual activity
Latin:
pudīcitia
— abstaining from sexual activity
Latvian:
šķīstība
— abstaining from sexual activity
Lithuanian:
dorovingumas
— abstaining from sexual activity
Macedonian:
чедност
(čednost)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Maltese:
kastità
— abstaining from sexual activity
Māori:
takakautanga
— abstaining from sexual activity
Norwegian Bokmål:
kyskhet
— abstaining from sexual activity
Norwegian Bokmål:
renhet
— abstaining from sexual activity
Norwegian Nynorsk:
kyskleik
— abstaining from sexual activity
Church Slavic:
цѣломѫдриѥ
(cělomǫdrije)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Pashto:
عفت
('efat)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Persian:
عفت
('effat)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Persian:
پاکدامنی
(pâkdâmani)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Polish:
czystość
— abstaining from sexual activity
Portuguese:
castidade
— abstaining from sexual activity
Romanian:
castitate
— abstaining from sexual activity
Russian:
целому́дрие
(celomúdrije)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Russian:
неви́нность
(nevínnostʹ)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Russian:
непоро́чность
(neporóčnostʹ)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Serbo-Croatian:
целомудреност
— abstaining from sexual activity
Serbo-Croatian:
че̏дно̄ст
— abstaining from sexual activity
Serbo-Croatian:
не̏порочно̄ст
— abstaining from sexual activity
Serbo-Croatian:
celomudrenost
— abstaining from sexual activity
Serbo-Croatian:
čȅdnōst
— abstaining from sexual activity
Serbo-Croatian:
nȅporočnōst
— abstaining from sexual activity
Slovak:
cudnosť
— abstaining from sexual activity
Slovene:
vzdržnost
— abstaining from sexual activity
Spanish:
castidad
— abstaining from sexual activity
Swedish:
kyskhet
— abstaining from sexual activity
Swedish:
renhet
— abstaining from sexual activity
Tajik:
иффат
(iffat)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Tajik:
покдоманӣ
(pokdomani)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Thai:
พรหมจรรย์
(prom-má-jan)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Thai:
ความบริสุทธิ์
(kwaam-bɔɔ-rí-sùt)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Turkish:
iffet
— abstaining from sexual activity
Ottoman Turkish:
حصانت
(hasanet)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Ukrainian:
цнотли́вість
(cnotlývistʹ)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Ukrainian:
непоро́чність
(neporóčnistʹ)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Ukrainian:
неви́нність
(nevýnnistʹ)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Urdu:
عِفَّت
('iffat)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Uyghur:
ئىپپەت
(ippet)
— abstaining from sexual activity
Uzbek:
iffat
— abstaining from sexual activity
Vietnamese:
bình dị
— abstaining from sexual activity
Vietnamese:
tính giản dị
— abstaining from sexual activity
Vietnamese:
trinh tiết
— abstaining from sexual activity
