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celibacy
обет безбрачия, целибат
: the state of not being married; abstention from sexual intercourse ;abstention by vow from marriage
<a widower who has maintained absolute celibacy since the death of his wife>
Synonyms: abstinence, chasteness, chastity, continence
Related Words: modesty, purity; honor, innocence, virginity, virtue
Near Antonyms: debauchery, lechery, licentiousness, venery, wenching, whoring
: the state of not being married; abstention from sexual intercourse ;abstention by vow from marriage
<a widower who has maintained absolute celibacy since the death of his wife>
Synonyms: abstinence, chasteness, chastity, continence
Related Words: modesty, purity; honor, innocence, virginity, virtue
Near Antonyms: debauchery, lechery, licentiousness, venery, wenching, whoring