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Definition of Chasteness

1. Noun. Lack of ornamentation. "The room was simply decorated with great restraint"

Definition of Chasteness

1. n. Chastity; purity.

Definition of Chasteness

1. Noun. The state of being chaste; chastity ¹

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Definition of Chasteness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chasteness

Literary usage of Chasteness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Journey from Bengal to England, Through the Northern Part of India by George Forster (1808)
"human life, I freely commit to your censure, as also the manner of writing, which, I fear, will be judged offensive to the chasteness distinguishing the ..."

2. Portland and Vicinity: With a Sketch of Old Orchard Beach and Other Maine by Edward Henry Elwell (1881)
"... contrast to the warmer-colored brick buildings about it, and it looks a little cold in its elegance and chasteness. Its cost was half a million dollars. ..."

3. Modern Painters by John Ruskin (1873)
"... way connected with constant beauty: neither do they account for that agreeable- ness of colour and form which is especially termed chasteness, and which ..."

4. Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry by William Wirt (1836)
"Mr. Henry was inferior to Mr. Lee in the gracefulness of his action, and perhaps also the chasteness of his language; yet his language was seldom incorrect, ..."

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