unchastity
Lack of virtue
Unchastity is sexual behavior considered impure or improper—the opposite of chastity.
The term belongs to moral and religious discourse, where it covers anything from premarital sex to adultery to lustful thoughts, depending on the tradition: The preacher warned against unchastity in all its forms.
The word sounds old-fashioned in contemporary speech.
Intercourse between unmarried persons
- hookupCasual sexual encounter
- casualRelaxed and informal
- swingerLifestyle participant trading intimacy
- looseNot firmly secured
wantonness · sleeping around · one-night stand · philandering · bed-hopping · free love · immodesty
Extreme indulgence in vices
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
- rakishnessStylishly dissolute bearing
dissolute · libertinism · roué · debauchee · rakehell · sybarite · voluptuary · decadence
Intense carnal appetite
- carnalityPursuit of bodily pleasures
- lasciviousnessOvert sexual impropriety
- lecheryExcessive sexual indulgence
- concupiscenceIntense carnal appetite
prurience · salaciousness · libidinousness · fleshly · lewdness · lustfulness · randiness · horniness
Married person's sexual betrayal
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
extramarital · cuckoldry · disloyalty · two-timing · straying · fling · misconduct · breach
Promiscuous woman for pay
- jezebelShameless, scheming woman
- courtesanPaid aristocratic companion
- concubineSecondary female partner
- mistressIllicit female lover
scarlet woman · adulteress · strumpet · temptress · seductress · fallen woman · loose woman
fornication
Intercourse between unmarried persons
- hookupCasual sexual encounter
- casualRelaxed and informal
- swingerLifestyle participant trading intimacy
loose · wantonness · sleeping around · one-night stand · philandering · bed-hopping · free love · immodesty
debauchery
Extreme indulgence in vices
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
rakishness · dissolute · libertinism · roué · debauchee · rakehell · sybarite · voluptuary · decadence · corruption
lust
Intense carnal appetite
- carnalityPursuit of bodily pleasures
- lasciviousnessOvert sexual impropriety
- lecheryExcessive sexual indulgence
concupiscence · prurience · salaciousness · libidinousness · fleshly · lewdness · lustfulness · randiness · horniness · hot-blooded
adultery
Married person's sexual betrayal
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- betrayalBreaking of trust
affair · extramarital · cuckoldry · disloyalty · two-timing · straying · fling · misconduct · breach · deception
harlot
Promiscuous woman for pay
- jezebelShameless, scheming woman
- courtesanPaid aristocratic companion
- concubineSecondary female partner
mistress · scarlet woman · adulteress · strumpet · temptress · seductress · fallen woman · loose woman
- lustlust, lustfulness, carnality, concupiscence, libido
unchastitychastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
purity · continence · sexual purity · decency · sexual restraint
chastise, chaste, chastity, chastisement, chastely, unchaste, chasteness