See chaste in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Then way what loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine\n If with too credent eare you liſt his ſongs\n Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open\n To his vnmaſtred importunity.",
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"ref": "1871, Henry Court translating Sher Ali Afsos as The Araish-i-Mahfil, or, The Ornament of the Assembly, p. 31",
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"text": "I ask again what reason could a chaste woman possibly have for being out so late? and in that part of town?\nYour Honor, we repeat our motion that you recuse yourself from this case.",
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "cnatlívy",
"sense": "sexually pure",
"word": "цнатлі́вы"
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"sense": "sexually pure",
"word": "貞"
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"sense": "sexually pure",
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"word": "純潔"
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"roman": "chúnjié",
"sense": "sexually pure",
"word": "纯洁"
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"code": "cmn",
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"word": "貞節"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhēnjié",
"sense": "sexually pure",
"word": "贞节"
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"sense": "sexually pure",
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sexually pure",
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"sense": "sexually pure",
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "sexually pure",
"word": "ĉasta"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sexually pure",
"word": "siveä"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sexually pure",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sexually pure",
"word": "keusch"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "agnós",
"sense": "sexually pure",
"word": "αγνός"
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
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"sense": "sexually pure",
"word": "ἁγνός"
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"word": "szűzies"
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"sense": "sexually pure",
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"code": "it",
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"alt": "ていしゅくな",
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"sense": "sexually pure",
"word": "貞淑な"
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"word": "casto"
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"sense": "sexually pure",
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