† inchastityn.
Obsolete except as
Want of chastity; unchastity.Apparently an isolated use.
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incontinencec1384
unchastityc1384
adulteryc1405
bawdry1460
sensualities1477
incontinency1485
unchasteness1530
dishonesty1535
immorality?1566
inconstancy1581
inchastity1590
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. Fv All blot of foule inchastity.
1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age iv, in Wks. (1874) III. 230 What will Diana Say when shee heares of our inchastity?
1671 H. M. Life in tr. Erasmus Colloq. sig. A3v To keep them from the temptation of inchastity.
1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Aug. 1000/4 It is difficult..to imagine how sanctions against inchastity could be re~imposed.
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