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CHASTENESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does chasteness mean?

• CHASTENESS (noun)
The noun CHASTENESS has 1 sense:

1. lack of ornamentation

Familiarity information: CHASTENESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CHASTENESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Lack of ornamentation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

chasteness; simpleness; restraint; simplicity

Context example:

the room was simply decorated with great restraint

Hypernyms ("chasteness" is a kind of...):

plainness (the appearance of being plain and unpretentious)

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