unchastity
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English unchastite; equivalent to un- + chastity.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
unchastity (countable and uncountable, plural unchastities)
- The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; sexual impropriety.
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 31:
- Unchastity had to be penalized because, as the Bible showed, it was highly offensive to God.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
quality or state of being unchaste
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References edit
- “unchastity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.