Dictionary Definition
chasteness n : lack of ornamentation; "the room
was simply decorated with great restraint" [syn: restraint, simplicity]
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Quotations
- 1805 Emily Clark - The banks of the Douro
- The chasteness of her dress made her appear the allusive semblance of Purity itself
- 2005 Gocha R. Tsetskhladze - Ancient West & East
- Livia's public image and her statues portrayed her as one imbued with the qualities of moral chasteness and matronly respectability