unchastity

English

Etymology

From 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 2013, p. 31:
      Unchastity had to be penalized because, as the Bible showed, it was highly offensive to God.

Translations

References
  • unchastity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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