chastity

Example Sentences

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Iran's National Security Council has paused the implementation of the controversial "hijab and chastity law", which had been due to come into force on Friday.

From BBC

Franklin maintained his own list of virtues: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.

From National Geographic

By 1982, Ms. Kempton had taken a vow of chastity and poverty to live as a monk in Baba’s ashrams, first in India and then in a former borscht belt hotel in the Catskills.

From New York Times

The founder of the anti-choice group Live Action has always held herself out as a model of chastity and feminine virtue.

From Salon

“Regarding issues such as hijab and chastity,” he said, the authorities should learn “from all the methods that we used in the past” and “we should review and think about it.”

From New York Times