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noun:
- Abstinence from sexual activity, specifically by explanation of spiritual vows.
- The condition of being unmarried.
- Abstaining from wedding; the state of being single.
- Abstaining from intimate relations.
- their state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of 1 limited by vows to not ever marry.
- their state to be celibate or single; just one life; voluntary abstention from marriage: because, the celibacy regarding the clergy.
- an unmarried condition
- abstaining from intimate relations (as as a result of religious vows)
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