unchastity

English

Etymology

From Middle English unchastite; equivalent to un- +‎ chastity.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈtʃastɪti/

Noun

unchastity (countable and uncountable, plural unchastities)

The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; sexual impropriety.
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 31:
  Unchastity had to be penalized because, as the Bible showed, it was highly offensive to God.

Synonyms

unchasteness

Translations

quality or state of being unchaste

Dutch: onkuisheid (nl) f
Finnish: siveettömyys (fi)
German: Unkeuschheit (de) f
Manx: awanid m, gimmanys m, maarderys m, neuonid f, neuyeeinymneeaght f
Romanian: desfrânare (ro) f
Spanish: puterío m, golferío m

References

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

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