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chaste

virgin; celibate; undefiled; pure in style; simple: a chaste design

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chased – pursued; driven or expelled by force or harassment: chased out of the house

chaste

(chāst)

adj. chast·er, chast·est

a. Not having experienced sexual intercourse; virginal.

b. Abstaining from sexual relations that are not sanctioned by certain religious laws or moral principles.

c. Abstaining from sexual relations; celibate.

2. Not involving or suggestive of sexual desire or indecency: a chaste kiss; a chaste conversation.

3. Pure or simple in design or style; austere.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin castus; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]

chaste′ly adv.

chaste′ness n.

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chaste

(tʃeɪst)

adj

1. not having experienced sexual intercourse; virginal

2. abstaining from sexual intercourse, esp that which is unlawful or immoral

3. (of conduct, speech, etc) pure; decent; modest

4. (of style or taste) free from embellishment; simple; restrained

[C13: from Old French, from Latin castus pure; compare caste]

ˈchastely adv

ˈchasteness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

chaste

(tʃeɪst)

adj. chast•er, chast•est.

1. refraining from sexual intercourse, regarded as contrary to morality or religion.

2. virginal.

3. not engaging in sexual relations; celibate.

4. decent and modest: chaste conversation.

5. unsullied; undefiled: chaste white snow.

6. pure in style; simple; unadorned: a chaste design.

[1175–1225; < Old French < Latin castus clean, pure]

chaste′ly, adv.

chaste′ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	chaste - morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste" moral - concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life" pure - (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow" virtuous - morally excellent unchaste - not chaste; "unchaste conduct"
	2.	chaste - pure and simple in design or style; "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers" plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
	3.	chaste - abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse moral - concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"

chaste

adjective

1. pure, moral, decent, innocent, immaculate, wholesome, virtuous, virginal, unsullied, uncontaminated, undefiled, incorrupt Her character was pure, her thoughts chaste.
pure dirty, corrupt, tainted, immoral, blemished, promiscuous, self-indulgent, wanton, unrestrained, unclean, impure, dishonourable, skanky (slang), unchaste

2. simple, quiet, elegant, modest, refined, restrained, austere, unaffected, decorous Beyond them she could see the dim, chaste interior of the room.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

chaste

adjective

Morally beyond reproach, especially in sexual conduct:

decent, modest, nice, pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous.

Translations

عَفيف، طاهِر

cudnýneposkvrněný

ærbarkysk

keusch

chaste

skírlífur, heiîvirîur, saklaus

casto pudico casta castit...

dorovingumasdorumasskaistumasskaistusskaistybė

nevainīgsšķīsts

ærbar jomfruelig kysk rein

cudný

iffetlinamuslu

贞洁的

chaste

[tʃeɪst] ADJ → casto

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chaste

[ˈtʃeɪst] adj

(old-fashioned) [person] → chaste; [kiss] → chaste

[style] → sobre, simple

chaste

adj (+er) (= pure, virtuous) → keusch; (= simple, unadvanced) style, elegance → schlicht

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

chaste

[tʃeɪst] adj → casto/a

chaste

(tʃeist) adjective

pure and virtuous.

chastity (ˈtʃӕstəti) noun

ˈchasteness noun

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From the name of my patron, indeed, I hope my reader will be convinced, at his very entrance on this work, that he will find in the whole course of it nothing prejudicial to the cause of religion and virtue, nothing inconsistent with the strictest rules of decency, nor which can offend even the chastest eye in the perusal.

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What is left 'tis hoped will not offend the chastest reader or the modest hearer; and as the best use is made even of the worst story, the moral 'tis hoped will keep the reader serious, even where the story might incline him to be otherwise.

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Never shall I accustom myself to the idea that Louise, the chastest and most innocent of women, has been able to so basely deceive a man so honest and so true a lover as myself.

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