Purity vs. Chastity

Puritynoun

The state or degree of being pure.

Puritynoun

The condition of being pure.

Puritynoun

being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material

Puritynoun

the state of being free from sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil

Puritynoun

a woman's virtue or chastity

Chastitynoun

The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.

Chastitynoun

The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.

Chastitynoun

Moral purity.

Chastitynoun

The unmarried life; celibacy.

Chastitynoun

Chasteness.

Chastitynoun

abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

Chastitynoun

morality with respect to sexual relations

Chastitynoun

the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse

Chastity

Chastity, also known as purity, is a virtue related to temperance. Someone who is chaste refrains either from sexual activity considered immoral or any sexual activity, according to their state of life.