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countable and uncountable, plural chastities
The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins. quotations examples
In Catholic doctrine, the virtue of chastity is taken to be the principal foil to everyone's favourite deadly sin, lust.
2010, The Guardian, Celibacy: whose bright idea was that?, 29 May 2010