Chăs'ti-ty, n.
n. [Fr. chasteté, Pr. castetat, castitat, Sp. castidad, Pg. castidade, It. castità, Lat. castitas, from castus. See CHASTE.]
Sense 1. Purity or freedom from all unlawful sexual intercourse.
So dear to heaven is saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.
She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. Carew.
Sense 2. Freedom from obscene, corrupt, or extravagant thought or expression; as, chastity of style or language.