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Webster 1913 Edition


Chasteness

Chaste′ness

,
Noun.
1.
Chastity; purity.
2.
(Literature & Art)
Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaudy, or affected;
as,
chasteness
of design
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Chasteness

CHASTENESS

,
Noun.
Chastity; purity.

Definition 2024


chasteness

chasteness

English

Noun

chasteness (usually uncountable, plural chastenesses)

  1. The state of being chaste; chastity
    • 1805 Emily Clark - The banks of the Douro
      The chasteness of her dress made her appear the allusive semblance of Purity itself
    • 2005 Gocha R. Tsetskhladze - Ancient West & East
      Livia's public image and her statues portrayed her as one imbued with the qualities of moral chasteness and matronly respectability