Chaste

a.	1.
	1.	Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced. - Milton.
	2.	Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.
	3.	Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art. That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer. - Macaulay.
	4.	Unmarried. Chaste tree Same as Agnus castus.

Adj.	1.	chaste - morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste" Antonyms: unchaste - not chaste; "unchaste conduct"
	2.	chaste - pure and simple in design or style; "a chaste border of conventionalized flowers"
	3.	chaste - abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse

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