noun
- the quality or state of being unchaste; lack of sexual purity or moral restraint
Usage: formal; archaic
Examples
- The Victorian novel condemned the character’s unchasteness.
- Religious texts often warn against unchasteness as a moral failing.
- The community shunned her for her perceived unchasteness.
- Medieval literature frequently explored themes of chasteness versus unchasteness.
- The preacher spoke against unchasteness in his Sunday sermon.