CHASTITY, n. 1. Purity of the body; freedom from all unlawful commerce of sexes. Before marriage, purity from all commerce of sexes; after marriage, fidelity to the marriage bed.2. Freedom from obscenity, as in language or conversation.3. Freedom from bad mixture; purity in words and phrases.4. Purity; unadulterated state; as the chastity of the gospel.
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