the state of not having sex with anyone or only having sex with the person you are married to; being chaste (性方面的)忠贞;贞洁;贞操 vows of chastity (= those taken by some priests) (神父的)忠贞誓言
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French chastete, from Latin castitas, from castus ‘morally pure’.