unchastity

English

Etymology

From Middle English unchastite; equivalent to un- +‎ chastity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈtʃastɪti/

Noun

unchastity (countable and uncountable, plural unchastities)

1. The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; sexual impropriety.
   • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 31:

     Unchastity had to be penalized because, as the Bible showed, it was highly offensive to God.

Synonyms

• unchasteness

Translations

quality or state of being unchaste

• Dutch: onkuisheid (nl) f
• Finnish: siveettömyys (fi)
• German: Unkeuschheit (de) f
• Manx: awanid m, gimmanys m, maarderys m, neuonid f, neuyeeinymneeaght f
• Ottoman Turkish: زنا (zinâ)
• Romanian: desfrânare (ro) f
• Spanish: puterío m, golferío m

References

• “unchastity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.