celibacy

Meaning of celibacy

noun
  1. the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations.
    a priest who had taken a vow of celibacy

Information about celibacy

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of celibacy is: celibacies.
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Hyphenation of celibacy

celibacy

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • celibacy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

celibacy synonyms

Meaning chastity:

chastity

Meaning the state of never having had sexual intercourse:

virginity

Meaning the fact or condition of being a young, unmarried woman:

maidenhood

Meaning virginity:

maidenhead

Meaning the practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something, typically alcohol or sex:

abstinence

Meaning the action of renouncing or rejecting something:

abnegation

Meaning severe self-discipline and avoiding of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons:

asceticism

Meaning the ability to control movements of the bowels and bladder:

continence

celibacy antonyms

Meaning the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship (historically and in some jurisdictions specifically a union between a man and a woman):

marriage

Meaning (chiefly with reference to people) sexual activity, including specifically sexual intercourse:

sex

Translation of celibacy

Words that rhyme with celibacy

abbacy, acrobacy, reprobacy

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