chaste

Meaning

Adjective

Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.
Virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience.
Austere, simple, undecorative.
Decent, modest, morally pure.

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Origin

From Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste ("morally pure"), from Latin castus ("pure").

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