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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 designWebster 1828 Edition
Chasteness
CHASTENESS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
chasteness
chasteness
English
Noun
chasteness (usually uncountable, plural chastenesses)
- 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
- 1805 Emily Clark - The banks of the Douro