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Celibacy

//ˈsɛləbəsi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried. countable, uncountable

    "They came to believe that men, who would live a godly life, must view marriage as a sin and choose a life of celibacy."

  2. 2
    abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) wordnet
  3. 3
    Abstinence from sexual relations. broadly, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    an unmarried status wordnet

Etymology

From Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), from caelebs (“unmarried”).

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