inchastity
/ɪnˈt͡ʃæstɪti/
inchastity noun: absence of chastity; the quality of being unchaste.
Noun
inchastity (countable and uncountable, plural inchastities)
- Absence of chastity; the quality of being unchaste.
- In pre-Christian Roman belief it might be held as better not to indulge in extramarital sex, as a courtesy more than a due to one’s partner, or because character was believed to derive from having the strength to resist vice […] but, such rationalisations aside, male inchastity did not matter as...2003, Gillian Cloke, This Female Man of God: Women and Spiritual Power in the Patristic Age, 350–450 AD, Routledge, →ISBN, page 66
- The relevant Qur’anic verse (Ayât) is very similar to the English law on slander per se and the imputation of inchastity for women.2008, Eleanor Cashin-Ritaine, Laetitia Franck, Shaheeza Lalani, editors, Legal Engineering and Comparative Law/L’ingénierie juridique et le droit comparé, Schulthess, →ISBN, page 199
- Synonyms:
- unchastity
Synonyms of inchastity
Forms of inchastity
| plural | inchastities |
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Origin of inchastity
From in- + chastity: compare French inchasteté.
Questions about inchastity
- What does inchastity mean?
- Inchastity means absence of chastity; the quality of being unchaste.
- What part of speech is inchastity?
- Inchastity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce inchastity?
- Inchastity is pronounced /ɪnˈt͡ʃæstɪti/.
- What is the plural of inchastity?
- The plural of inchastity is inchastities.
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