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Pure in thought and act.

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Usage examples (4)
  • The club members decided to work to be chaste as a way to help the world.
  • Have a catechism, with 'chaste' little bottom spankings as punishment for getting any dot and tittle wrong.
  • 'chaste' enough to pass Raschid's rigid specifications?
  • "If the epithet of 'chaste' can be applied to any monarch, Charles III. certainly deserves it better than any other.
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  • His "chaste" (pure, virginal) thoughts were "chased" (to cause to leave) away by the temptations around him.
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