celibacy
Meanings
Plural: celibacies
Noun
- an unmarried status
- abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
- Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
- Abstinence from sexual relations.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), from caelebs (“unmarried”).
Synonyms
chastity, sexlessness, sexual abstention
Scrabble Score: 17
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Words With Friends Score: 20
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