celibacy

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Abstinence from sexual relations.

Synonyms

chastity

sexual abstention

bachelorhood

virginity

single life

singleness

unmarried

virtue

sexual morality

bachelordom

non-marriage

celibate

pureness

single

single-handed

spinsterhood

Translations

celibato

célibat

Zölibat

celibato

celibato

celibat

celibaat

αγαμία

Ehelosigkeit

soltería

celibat

Keuschheit

castidade

viduitas

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛləbəsi/

Etymology

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