English dictionary

celibacy

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

an unmarried status

noun.state

Source: WordNet 3.0
abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

noun.act

Synonyms chastity sexual abstention

Source: WordNet 3.0
The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.

noun

Source: webster1913