Home › Words › U › unchastityunchastity/ʌnˈtʃastɪti/unchastity means the quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; sexual impropriety.unchastity is pronounced /ʌnˈtʃastɪti/.EtymologyFrom Middle English unchastite; equivalent to un- + chastity.nounThe quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; sexual impropriety.e.g.“Unchastity had to be penalized because, as the Bible showed, it was highly offensive to God.” — 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 31:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.unchasteness 90% match — Lack of chastity; the state of being unchaste; unchastity. vs unchastity →nonchastity 80% match — Absence of chastity. vs unchastity →unchastely 78% match — In an unchaste manner. vs unchastity →chastity 76% match — The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins. vs unchastity →chasteness 76% match — The state of being chaste; chastity vs unchastity →unchaste 75% match — Not chaste; not continent vs unchastity →lewdness 72% match — The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous. vs unchastity →unchastening 70% match — Not chastening. vs unchastity →