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Webster 1913 Edition


Unchastity

Un-chas′ti-ty

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Noun.
The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; incontinence.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unchastity

UNCHAS'TITY

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Noun.
Incontinence; lewdness; unlawful indulgence of the sexual appetite.

Definition 2024


unchastity

unchastity

English

Noun

unchastity (countable and uncountable, plural unchastities)

  1. The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; sexual impropriety.
    • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 31:
      Unchastity had to be penalized because, as the Bible showed, it was highly offensive to God.

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References

  • unchastity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913