"celibacy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛləbəsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-celibacy.wav Forms: celibacies [plural]
Etymology: From Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), from caelebs (“unmarried”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|caelibātus||celibacy, a single life}} Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} celibacy (countable and uncountable, plural celibacies)
  1. Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being unmarried): عُنُوسَة (ʕunūsa) [feminine] (Arabic), celibatu [masculine] (Asturian), бясшлю́бнасць (bjasšljúbnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), цэліба́т (celibát) [masculine] (Belarusian), безбра́чие (bezbráčie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ергенство (ergenstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), celibat [masculine] (Catalan), 獨身 (Chinese Mandarin), 独身 (dúshēn) (Chinese Mandarin), svobodný stav (Czech), celibát [masculine] (Czech), bezženství (english: (without women)) (Czech), selibaatti (Finnish), célibat [masculine] (French), celibato [masculine] (Galician), Zölibat [masculine, neuter] (German), αγαμία (agamía) [feminine] (Greek), פרישות (prīshūth) [feminine] (Hebrew), cölibátus (Hungarian), aontumha [feminine] (Irish), celibato [masculine] (Italian), 独身 (dokushin) (alt: どくしん) (Japanese), 독신 (doksin) (Korean), sølibat [neuter] (Norwegian), celibat [masculine] (Polish), celibato [masculine] (Portuguese), celibat [neuter] (Romanian), безбра́чие (bezbráčije) [neuter] (Russian), целиба́т (celibát) [masculine] (Russian), aontamhachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), celibát [masculine] (Slovak), celibato [masculine] (Spanish), useja (Swahili), celibat [neuter] (Swedish), การอยู่เป็นโสด (Thai), bekârlık (Turkish), безшлю́бність (bezšljúbnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), целіба́т (celibát) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (by extension) Abstinence from sexual relations. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Translations (abstaining from sexual relations): сексуа́лно въздържа́ние (seksuálno vǎzdǎržánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), celibát [masculine] (Czech), selibaatti (Finnish), célibat [masculine] (French), Zölibat [masculine, neuter] (German), Keuschheit [feminine] (German), αγαμία (agamía) [feminine] (Greek), cölibátus (Hungarian), 独身 (alt: どくしん) (Japanese), takakautanga (Maori), sølibat [neuter] (Norwegian), celibat [masculine] (Polish), celibato [masculine] (Portuguese), воздержа́ние (vozderžánije) [neuter] (Russian), сексуа́льное воздержа́ние (sɛksuálʹnoje vozderžánije) [neuter] (Russian), aontamhachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), celibato (Spanish), celibat [neuter] (Swedish), bekârlık (Turkish)
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Synonyms: sexlessness, cælibacy [archaic] Hypernyms: chastity Derived forms: anticelibacy, celibacist, celibacy syndrome, incelibacy Related terms: celibate, abstinence, asexuality, chaste, chastity, purity, bachelordom

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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сексуа́льное воздержа́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "abstaining from sexual relations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aontamhachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "abstaining from sexual relations",
      "word": "celibato"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "abstaining from sexual relations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "celibat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "abstaining from sexual relations",
      "word": "bekârlık"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "celibacy"
  ],
  "word": "celibacy"
}

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