celibacy
noun
1 celibacy
An unmarried status.
Roget 904:
celibacy,
singleness,
single blessedness;
bachelorhood,
bachelorship†;
misogamy†,
misogyny.
virginity,
pucelage†;
maidenhood,
maidenhead.
unmarried man,
bachelor,
Coelebs,
agamist†,
old bachelor;
misogamist†,
misogynist;
monogamist;
monk.
unmarried woman,
spinster;
maid,
maiden,
virgin,
feme sole [Fr.],
old maid;
bachelor girl,
girl-bachelor;
nun.
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Dutch: celibaat
Polish: celibat
2 celibacy
Abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows).
synonyms: chastity, sexual abstention.
Dutch: zedigheid, celibaat, onthouding
Polish: celibat
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