Meanings
noununchastity (countable and uncountable, plural unchastities)
plural unchastities
- countableuncountableThe quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; sexual impropriety.
Unchastity had to be penalized because, as the Bible showed, it was highly offensive to God.
2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 31Synonyms: unchasteness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; sexual impropriety.
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Origin
- Middle Englishunchastite
- Englishunchastity
From Middle English unchastite; equivalent to un- + chastity.
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Dutch onkuisheid
- onkuisheidquality or state of being unchaste
Finnish siveettömyys
- siveettömyysquality or state of being unchaste
German Unkeuschheit
- Unkeuschheitquality or state of being unchaste
Polish nieczystość
- nieczystośćquality or state of being unchaste
Romanian desfrânare
- desfrânarequality or state of being unchaste
Spanish puterío, golferío
- puteríoquality or state of being unchaste
- golferíoquality or state of being unchaste
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unchastity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchastity
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“unchastity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchastity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unchastity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchastity.
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