What does sexual abstention mean?

sexual abstention means "abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)".

What is another word for sexual abstention?

Close synonyms include chastity, celibacy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sexual abstention a common word?

sexual abstention is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

sexual abstention — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
Synonymschastity celibacy
Broaderabstinence
religion

Questions about sexual abstention

What does sexual abstention mean?: sexual abstention means "abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)".
What is another word for sexual abstention?: Close synonyms include chastity, celibacy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is sexual abstention a common word?

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