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celibacy

noun

1 celibacy

An unmarried status.

Roget 904: celibacy, singleness, single blessedness; bachelorhood, bachelorship; misogamy, misogyny.    virginity, pucelage; maidenhood, maidenhead.    unmarried man, bachelor, ... show more

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


Moby thesaurus: Encratism, Friday, Lenten fare, Platonic love, Pythagoreanism, Pythagorism, Rechabitism, Shakerism, Spartan fare, Stoicism, abstainment, abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, alienation, aloneness, aloofness, asceticism, avoidance, bachelorhood ... show more.

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