incelibacy

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noun

Sexual activity by one who is supposed to remain celibate.

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Meanings

nounincelibacy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSexual activity by one who is supposed to remain celibate.

    I undertake the training rule to abstain from incelibacy.

    1997, Dinty W. Moore, The Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still, →ISBN
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    Having abandoned incelibacy, he leads the holy life of celibacy.

    1989, The Discourse on the Fruits of Recluseship

    The Buddha not only commended celibacy as an ideal but also knit it into the fabric of monastic life through the disciplinary code of the Vinaya. The third precept undertaken by the novice is abstaining from incelibacy.

    2013, William M. Johnston, Encyclopedia of Monasticism, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
incel

Origin

From in- + celibacy.

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APA

incelibacy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incelibacy

MLA

“incelibacy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incelibacy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incelibacy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incelibacy.

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