unchastenessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈtʃeɪstnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌənˈtʃeɪs(t)nᵻs/ The quality or state of being unchaste; impurity.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun]
incontinencec1384
unchastityc1384
adulteryc1405
bawdry1460
sensualities1477
incontinency1485
unchasteness1530
dishonesty1535
immorality?1566
inconstancy1581
inchastity1590
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 285/1 Unchastnesse, impudicité.
1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Iij Wher yought doth both heare and see vnchastnes, there the infection of vncleannes spreadeth abrode.
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God i. xviii. 30 It were no vnchastenesse in her to suffer the rape vnwillingly.
1653 R. Baxter Worcester-shire Petition 38 Would you permit any rogues that will, to have access to your wives, and solicit them to Unchasteness?
1828 E. Irving Last Days 239 If I were to come to speak of unchasteness.
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