Chasteness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chasteness \Chaste"ness\, n.
     1. Chastity; purity.
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     2. (Literature & Art) Freedom from all that is meretricious,
        gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chasteness
       n : lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with
           great restraint" [syn: {restraint}, {simplicity}]