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Chastity

Allegory of chastity by Hans Memling

Chastity, also known as purity, is a virtue related to temperance.[1] Someone who is chaste refrains from sexual activity that is considered immoral or from any sexual activity,[2] according to their state of life. In some contexts, for example when making a vow of chastity, chastity means celibacy.

  1. ^ The American and English Encyclopædia of Law. Edward Thompson Company. 1887. p. 156.[volume needed]
  2. ^ "chastity". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2012-10-01.

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