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单词 chastity
释义
chastity
(æstɪti )
uncountable noun
Chastity is the state of not having sex with anyone, or of only having sex with your husband or wife. [old-fashioned]
He took a vow of chastity and celibacy.
Synonyms: purity, virtue, innocence, modesty  
Quotations:
Give me chastity and continence, but not just nowSt. Augustine of HippoConfessions
The essence of chastity is not the suppression of lust, but the total orientation of one's life towards a goalDietrich BonhoefferLetters and Papers from Prison
' Tis chastity, my brother, chastity;
She that has that, is clad in complete steel
John MiltonComus
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