vow of chastity
Promise of celibacy
A vow of chastity is a solemn promise to abstain from sexual activity, typically made as part of religious commitment.
Catholic priests, monks, and nuns take vows of chastity upon entering religious life.
The vow may require complete celibacy or, in some traditions, merely fidelity within marriage.
She took a vow of chastity when she joined the convent.
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
- monasticismCloistered religious living
- religious orderVowed spiritual community
- holy ordersSacrament conferring clergy status
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
sexual abstinence · virtue · self-discipline · spiritual discipline · temperance · nunhood · hermitage · commitment · consecration · renunciation · asceticism · simple living · sacrifice · priesthood · continence · solitude · purity · pure heart
- monastic lifecelibacy, cloister, habit, vespers, obedience
- chastitycelibacy, virginity, abstinence, purity, sexual abstinence
- monasteriesabbey, abbeys, abbot, abbots, abbess
- nunsnun, nuns, sister, sisters, convent
- sworn bondsblood oath, oath of fealty, loyalty oath, fealty, blood brothers
- marriage barriersbigamy, prior marriage, lack of consent, duress, underage
vow of chastitypromiscuity
Frequent casual sexual encounters
free love · sexual freedom · debauchery · licentiousness · wantonness
vow of chastitysexual liberation
Freedom in intimate matters
suggestion · whim · no strings attached · casual sex · open relationship