as in impurity
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Recent Examples of unchastity
On their wedding day, Claudio repudiates and humiliates Hero at the altar, accusing her of unchastity (the highest of crimes) and unfaithfulness.
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Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022
Traditionally, an allegation of a woman’s unchastity constitutes libel per se.
—Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 27 May 2021
Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022
Traditionally, an allegation of a woman’s unchastity constitutes libel per se.
—Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 27 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchastity
Noun
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Simply dispense a few pumps onto your face, gently massage the oil into the skin, and watch all the impurities melt away.—
Denise Primbet,
Glamour,
28 Feb. 2025
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Those impurities can include nitrate (used for fertilizers), disinfection byproducts, arsenic, or per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, also called PFAS, Stoiber said.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In a quiet and picturesque fishing village in Northern France, a very special child is born, unleashing a secret war between extraterrestrial forces of good and evil.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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America’s stable vision of the world relied on the belief that good and evil are clearly delineated—a belief that was easier to maintain in the absence of complicating information.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Or watch Margaret Hamilton terrorize Dorothy before getting the backstory behind her wickedness.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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There is killing and hatred and strife on every level and spiritual wickedness in high places.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Unchastity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unchastity. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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